It might be time to replace the dinner bell with an alarm. Only about one-quarter of families with children sit down to dinner together every night, according to a 2013 Harris Interactive poll. And it’s not just the family bond that’s being threatened: Children who don’t eat with their families are more likely to become obese later in life, according to a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics.The researchers analyzed data from the Project Eating and Activity in Teens study, which tracked the dining habits and body mass index (BMI) of middle- and high-school students, then followed up again 10 years later when they were young adults. After a decade, more than half of the 2,117 study participants were overweight or obese — and their childhood frequency of family meals emerged as a significant factor in their weight-gain trajectory.
Specifically, the young adults who’d eaten just one or two family meals a week as kids were 45 percent less likely to be overweight, compared to those who never dined with their parents. (The decrease in the risk of obesity associated with eating one or two family meals per week was not significant.) More proved to be better: Sitting down to three to four family meals per week reduced the kids’ odds of full-blown obesity by half.
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TOPFIT Daily Activities --- Heavy Bag
I got my day started with a 30 minute heavy bag workout. But, that wasn't the end of my activity for the day. When I had finished with business and personal chores and errands, I spent a few hours helping a friend move furniture and boxes of books.
~Feelin' Alive!~
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