With so many tasty snacks around and televisions, computers, game consoles, and smart phones, weight management and obesity has become an important issue for many families.

Our friends over at School Kids Healthcare Blog have put together a good list of 10 ways to fight obesity in your school. Its worth checking out as we can all use help as we try to make our kids and our schools as healthy as possible. Here are a couple of tips from the post:

Even if you are not obese, chances are many of your friends are. So how best to help them or yourself? One good idea is to tackle the problem when you are all together at school. While teachers and administrators may brush aside the worries of one child, a group of children, especially those united with their parents, can make a huge difference. Whether working as a team or solo, the below ten ways to fight obesity in your school have loads of useful help to improve diet, exercise, and more.

1. It Starts at Home: You are only in school about 30 hours a week and eat only five meals a week there. In reality, diet, activity, and lifestyle are all begun at home usually before a child even enters school. Also what is done for breakfast, dinner, weekends, and vacations are also taking place at home. In this article, two obese children discuss what the battle in daily life is like. If you are an obese or overweight child, discuss with your parents what can be done to address the issue at home before tackling the school.

9. BYOL: If your school still isn’t getting anything done to fight obesity, take matters into your own hands. You are by no means forced to eat or drink anything the school offers. Show this article from WebMD to your parents to get 15 brown bag lunch ideas chock full of tasty and healthy options. Be sure bring a little extra for your friends who think they don’t like pitas or sushi. You can also find ideas for low fat lunches and. You can also consider starting healthy potluck lunches with your buddies and their parents where each parent makes a healthy lunch one day a week for the whole group.

Hope this helps. Lets stay active and aware and we can make simple healthy changes.

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