Summer Bummer

Expert tips for keeping kids trim when school is out.

By Laura McClure
From Reader's Digest
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Outside school, kids have more opportunity to eat
We adults may slim down for bathing suit season, but kids gain weight, say experts at Ohio State and Indiana universities. Kids' BMIs increase more than twice as quickly in the summer as during the school year. "Outside school, kids have more opportunity to eat," explains study co-author Paul von Hippel, PhD. They should get at least an hour of activity a day. And teach good habits: "Don't buy more chips and soda because the kids are home," says Marc S. Jacobson, MD, of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Obesity. "Buy less."
From Reader's Digest - July 2007
 
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