fitness
These Legs Were Made for Walking: How Television and Internet Contribute to Childhood Obesity
Submitted by Catherine Knott on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 22:04.Most of us 40 and older can remember childhoods spent walking to school, playing tag, walking places with friends, and spending summers playing outside. For millions of years, our ancestors walked or ran many miles nearly every day in search of food. Our bodies are built for distance walking and running; our bones and hormones, metabolism, and even our brain chemistry thrive on strenuous exercise. When we ignore these facts, we do so to the detriment of our physical health and mental well-being.
Create Your Own Family Fitness Plan
Submitted by Meghan Vivo on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 22:34.If you take a look around you, signs of the soaring childhood obesity epidemic are everywhere. There are the increasingly realistic video games, high definition television, and millions of websites readily available to today's children - not to mention fewer physical education classes and thousands of fast-food commercials marketed directly to children and teens. But there are other subtle changes contributing to the nation's weight problem as well.
