Time Warner Cable News – Erin Billups
“Experts say kids need an hour of physical activity daily to stay healthy and reduce the risk of chronic diseases later in life. “Children won’t be regimented and look at a 60 minutes period of time and say this is their exercise time. So the Heart Association advocates not just 60 minutes, but breaking it down into two 30 minute blocks,” says Dr. Lawrence Phillips of the American Heart Association. Finding the time to fit in that moderate to high physical activity may seem difficult, but physical therapist Paul Hartmann says it’s easier than you think. “To get active, you got to find ways to make it a game.”…Creating habits that will last a lifetime is the goal. Getting there will be easier as a family.”(more)