09294000000We see so many advertisements flashing questions, spreading awareness and telling ways to take care and know about your children’s well being. Haven’t you ever head of the Advertisement where you are asked if you know where your kids are and what they are doing, they also advice you and tell you options how to track. Similarly another question which comes up is, if you know Why sitting too long is bad for kids health? Well, if you do that’s really good but if you don’t we are here with some information worth a glance.
A new study has suggested so and now let’s read further to know what lead to this study and what did this study conclude. The study showed that girls between the ages 9 to 12 who had prolonged periods of sitting showed changes in their blood flow. These changes found in grown ups indicates the beginning of heart disease.
How to get kids moving throughout the day!
Kids sitting for long leads to problems, like; problems in the circulation of blood, which leads to heart ailments. Even if your kid play for an hour and sit all day long, it is harmful. What you need to see and keep track of is, you need to make them learn doing both in a managed way. Say if he sits for three hours he should be playing for at least two. There are ways you can mange their positions, let’s here talk about some.
When your kid is watching television, he probably must be sitting and watching it. Well you cannot ask them to either stand or roam around watching television but yes they can be asked to take a walk to the kitchen or the backyard while the commercials are up on the TV. A short movement is necessary during long sitting periods. Remember to interrupt them when they are watching TV or playing Video games.
Also ask them to take advantage of the break they get during the classes. When the teacher leaves the class and before the next one comes, every kid do get enough time where he can stand and stretch his body. Always ask your kid to remember even a slightest of movement is necessary. Also they have lunch breaks in school, where after the lunch he can go for a quick walk.
Then comes the weekend time. In weekend they could be asked to indulge in physical activities. You can ask them to run early morning or he can go out and play cricket. He can even go for a cycle ride or any sort of activity which includes anything except just sitting. Also you can ask them to help you out with washing clothes, ironing them or by simply asking them to fill water in the bottles and keep them in fridge.
The study says it well how important it is to make your kids not sit for too long and now since you have got the ways too, we guess you’ll not have any problem channelising your children accordingly. With the above ways we assure, they will be healthier than before!
