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Exercise with Your Kids. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends children and teens be physically active for 60 minutes per day. Activities should include aerobic, muscle strengthening and bone strengthening. When parents and children exercise together — and choose fun activities — everyone is more likely to do it. Try walking, running, hiking, dancing, biking, or a workout class or online video. Create a weekly schedule, so it becomes a healthy habit. Childhood obesity has both shortand long-term effects on a child’s physical, social and emotional health. Make a point to help children to maintain a healthy weight.
Get more ideas in the article “Fun over Fitness: Focus on Family Playtime” at www.sandiegofamily .com/health-guide/fun-overfitness-focus-on-family-playtime.
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Limit Screen Time. Screen time consists of watching TV, playing video games and using electronic devices. When children are glued to screens, there is a host of potential social, emotional and physical problems. For instance, a research study at UCLA found when kids have too much screen time, they have difficulty reading other people’s emotions. That’s likely because face-to-face interaction is at an all-time low and kids aren’t learning important social skills. More and more evidence of the harmful effects of excessive screen time is still being uncovered — it impacts everything from behavior and attention span to weight and cognitive skills — but it’s safe to say that limiting screen time has huge benefits.
Want to read more about this important topic? Check out “How to Balance Tech and Your Child’s Health” and “How Digital Devices Affect Eyes: What you need to know about Computer Vision Syndrome.” Both articles are at www .sandiegofamily.com/health-guide. cont. on p. 28