Book Description

Parents who are concerned about their child's weight are up against formidable adversaries. Super-sized portions of bad-for-your-kids foods are everywhere. Television, video games, and computer-based socializing are taking over where playgrounds and neighborhood backyards once predominated. Cash-strapped schools and overscheduled family lives are conspiring to keep kids from getting the physical activity and nutritious foods their bodies need. It's no surprise that children in America are getting fatter and unhealthier with each passing year. But, so too are many parents-a child's most influential role models. Family Fun and Fitness is Knute Keeling's plan to help you take back control of your family's health and ensure that your child gets the best possible start. Keeling's plan focuses on the formative years from pre-conception through the early school-age years. At each stage, Keeling shows how you and your child can get moving with physical activities and workout routines (illustrated with photos); eat well with a nutritious diet and nutrition-packed foods (with recipes); and overcome hard-to-resist, less-than-healthful habits with simple strategies (plus some tricks and tips). Keeling includes dozens of great ideas-prenatal boogie sessions, jungle gym workouts, meals with "energy foods," and the like-to keep you and your child excited about learning to eat well, exercise regularly, and lose weight. Tapping into his years of training expertise and personal experience as a father of two, Keeling helps parents commit to the hard work involved in making these lifestyle changes, empowers them to lead by their good example, and delivers a plan that promises a lifelong love of exercise and healthful eating, and a whole lot of family fun. Book jacket.