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Don't Let Your Child Fall Victim to the Summer Slump

Don't let your child fall victim to the SUMMER SLUMP This summer, many children are trading in their books for video games and substituting outside play time with indoor screen time. During the summer, it is crucial to ensure that children are getting the right amount of exercise, despite the lack of a school-driven routine. It is important for parents to make healthy living a priority and instill the importance of an active routine in their children. Monkey Joe's shows parents how essential it is for their children to avoid summer weight gain and shares suggestions on what activities they can do with their child(ren) during their break. ONE-THIRD of American children between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight or obese. The scariest statistic? Children are shown to triple weight during the summer and here's some reasons why.. Half of parents polled say : ONLY 1/2 their children engage in 42% OF CHILDREN MORE TV (49%) & VIDEO GAMES (46%) in the summer. ages 3-5 go outside at some point during the day with their parents. of children who do not have regular child care arrangements besides their parents, did not play outside. A survey of 1,600 American parents with children between the ages of 5 and 10, showed that 58% of children spend less than 4 days a week playing outside. Without a routine of The lack of an alarm An unstructured to wake them up, planned activities, eating schedđule leads child to snack children mistake leads children to your throughout the day, or overindulge in a meal later. boredom for hunger and head for the fridge. sleep in and skip breakfast, a spiral slope toward weight gain. As a parent, what do you know about your child's at-home habits? Let's take a look at the numbers: ON AVERAGE, EACH DAY A CHILD SPENDS: 5 HOURS 3 HOURS ONLY 4-7 Kids 6 and under of TV/movies Kids 8-10 of internet/ minutes per day 2 HOURS 6 HOURS a day in front in unstructureð O0000 video games outdoor play OUTSIDE of a screen DON'T LET YOUR CHILD BECOME AN UNHEALTHY STATISTIC Fight back this summer with regular play time and planned activities such as... PLAYING OUTSIDE GAMES SUCH GOING FOR A WALK OR HIKE AT YOUR LOCAL PARK AS HIDE AND GO SEEK OR TAG ENROLLING IN SUMMER CAMP SWIMMING AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POOL GOING TO INDOOR INFLATABLE CENTERS SUCH AS MONKEY JOE'S CHILDREN BURN IIH CALORIES/30 MIN. JUMPING AT MONKEY JOE'S jump into an active summer and beat the summer heat at Onkey joes DARTY BIG. ALAYr GREAT. Sources: Macomb News, Harris Interactive, Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, CBS News, Reuters, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, National Wildlife Federation, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Dayton Children's, Health Status Health Calculator

Don't Let Your Child Fall Victim to the Summer Slump

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This summer many children are trading in their books for video games and substituting outside play time with indoor screen time. During the summer, it is crucial to ensure that children are getting th...

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