Parents should try to encourage their children to exercise by scheduling at least 30 minutes of family physical activities each day, according to the American Physical Therapy Association.
Nearly one in five U.S. children is overweight, and the principle of ‘do as I say, not as I do’ should not apply when parents are encouraging their kids to be active, said Heidi Jo Hetland, a physical therapist and member of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Parents who simply tell their kids to go outside and play while they relax on the couch in front of the television are not setting a good example that kids are likely to follow, she said.
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