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Although we’re
at the end of the month, it’s not too late to start making your heart happy.
Heart
disease can affect infants, children, adolescents and young adults as well as
adults. By designating February as Heart Month, the American Heart Association
hopes to raise awareness about heart disease. What better way to celebrate
Heart Month than to include the entire family?In an article titled, Celebrate Heart Month by staying heart healthy with your family, tips were given that encourage healthy living. Below are a few of those tips:
1. Become active – limit the amount of
screen time (watching TV, playing video games, computer time). Play a game
together.
2. Avoid rewarding children with food –
promote good eating habit by involving everyone in the planning of meals. Turn
learning into a game. While grocery shopping have kids search for “crackers
with the lowest amount of fat or soups low in sodium.”
3. “Talk to you doctor about your
cholesterol level, blood pressure and weight.” It is also a good idea to talk
to your child’s doctor about monitoring his body mass index, blood pressure and
cholesterol.
The full
article can be found at www.palmbeachgardens.floridaweekly.com/news/2013-02-07/Healthy_Living/Celebrate_Heart_Month_by_staying_heart_healthy_wit.html.
Take your
first steps toward a healthy heart by becoming active. Below are 5 activities
to get you started on your journey:
1. Take a walk along a trail – bundle up
and venture out to a local park or garden.
Matthei Botanical Gardens (University Of Michigan) has plenty
to see; Walk the trails, visit the Conservatory, or view the Traditional
African American Gardens (exhibition of photographs featuring African American
folk Gardens). www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/happening/calendar.asp
2. Laser Tag – check your area for a
local Zap Zone.
3. Sky Zone – Do the kids like jumping
around? Take a visit to Sky Zone in Canton, MI. There is plenty of jumping to
be done at this indoor trampoline park. For details visit www.skyzone.com/canton.
4. Bowling –Head to your local bowling
alley, lace up those colorful shoes and aim for a strike. To add to the fun ask
about Cosmic Bowling.
5. Be a kid again – play hide and seek,
kickball or catch a ball.
Make your
heart happy, do something active today. There’s no time like the present.
Good tips! There's a lot of heart disease in my family, so I try to make sure my kids are active and eat healthy foods.
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Thanks Dana. It can sometimes be a struggle to get kids to eat health, but we gotta do it (-:
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Good post, Angela. Unfortunately, I'm a bookworm who has never liked to play much, hence my children suffer the consequence. But we do eat healthy. :)
ReplyDeleteWell Linda, at least you have the healthy part going on. That's the most important.
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