Stay Fit and Be Healthy

The health status of children relates to physical, emotional and spiritual factors that frequently determine their quality of life and relationship to the world as they grow up. Improving these areas is the responsibility of parents and others who guide children in their growth period and who encourage kids to in extracurricular activities to make sure they develop relationship with family and friends.

The saying that a healthy mind and a healthy body stay hand in hand is true. Research shows that physically fit and healthy kid learns more and can enjoy wider range of experiences. At the same time children who are overweight and unfit frequently faces problem regarding self confidence and tend to behave more introvert.

The quality amount of time they should keep for studies and play is getting reduced these days. We need to go into deep analysis of factors which pave the way for this situation and also should come up with certain solution so that we can witness a healthy and fit tomorrow.

Eat healthy: Unhealthy eating habits are the major reason for most of the health related issues among the young generation. The sweetened and carbonated drinks, butter and cheese, chocolates in various forms, fried vegetables, chicken and meat, ice creams and all work in very harmful manner if they are consumed in a large or frequent amount.

But this does not mean to cut down all the food items children like. Parents should make sure that all their favorite foods are served to them but in a healthy ways. How can we do this? Instead of excess butter and cheese use olive oil in food and reduce the amount of chocolate and its related food like cakes, ice creams and baked ones to special occasions and parties and outings. Fried food can be changed to boil food which good taste and flavor.

Bring them out of Television: Children spend their whole time sitting in front of TV and the habit makes them mere couch potatoes. The physical activity they get while playing is going for a toss here.

Proper timetable should be kept for children so that this will turn to be a habit later on. There should be ample time for play, physical exercise, study and proper sleeping hours.

Encourage pursuing interests and hobbies: Being inactive is the main reason for children to be introvert and less confident. Each child will interested towards different activities like some will be interested in playing games, some will be interested in writing and some will be interested in arts and so on. So as parent if we encourage them more into it, children tend to be active all the time.  Parents can enroll their children in the specific weekend workshops or courses that hone their passion towards any interest of theirs – be It photography or any art form. An active mind and body makes an active soul, thus makes the Jack a smart and go-getter in life.