Lets fight together against childhood obesity

Throughout the world schools play a large role in preventing childhood obesity by providing a safe and supporting environment with policies and practices that support healthy behaviors. At home, parents can help prevent their children from becoming overweight by changing the way the family eats and exercises together. The best way children learn is by example, so parents need to lead by example by living a healthy lifestyle. Hence, if we take parenting as a starting point we can say that Romania is facing a big problem considering the fact that most of the parents are not willing first, to admit that their child/children are overweight or obese, and second, to take responsibility and help them. Last week we were thrilled to hear that the parents of nine children signed a letter of approval in which they allow their children to attend after school classes for workouts and sport activities. Yesterday we held the first class with the children and we spoke about (I mean we spoke and our facilitator translated :DЕмотикон smile the importance of morning workout and how to prepare your body for the daily activities. We understood that some of the children were taking Judo classes and we asked them to show us some techniques (it was interesting to see how a 9-year-old is throwing down a 26-year-old in just one move :D :DЕмотикон grin Емотикон grin Anyway, we did some workout, we played some games and overall we had fun. The first class was promising and we hope that what we are doing with this children will encourage the other parents to think twice about the future of their children and do something about it ;)