Welcome to a new category of my blog simply called ‘Healthy Tips.’ Many times, when I write articles for various publications, I need to find sources for the story. Recently, I wrote an article for Yahoo Shine (click here) and PBS (click here) about keeping kids healthy. I was looking for experts and parents to chime in and give their favorite ‘tips’ to help kids (and their families) lead a healthy lifestyle.

The feedback for the story was amazing. The sources had some fantastic points of view that could not be ignored, and I thought their opinions should be viewed on the Your Health Journal web site.

So, enjoy my new series, with some ‘great’ insight from some ‘great’ people giving exceptional and educational points of view.

“One of the keys to combating childhood obesity is to make the program fun!
Children must like the food or exercise “program” they’re on – they will be
much more likely to stick to something they enjoy. Make their food choices
fun by creating snacks such as ants on a log (top celery with natural
peanut butter and add raisins on top of that). Make exercise fun by getting
kids involved in sports they enjoy and position exercise to seem more like
playing games – tag, relay races, tug of war, dodge ball – the list goes
on!”

– John Pierson, owner of Premier Fitness – a personal and small group fitness and
functional training establishment based in Charleston, SC.