New Program for Families with Overweight/Obese Children

Sept. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- September has been declared National Childhood Obesity Awareness month by President Obama.

In light of this announcement, Miriam Iwrey, Long Beach, NY announces the creation of TO HEALTHY CHILDREN, a program geared for families who are concerned about their overweight/obese children and teens.

The program is based on a common sense approach--teaching families how to implement the many elements of healthy lifestyle into daily routines.

Support is provided through various methods; phone, webinars, newsletters and monthly contests focused on physical activity.

Families are encouraged to work as a unit so as not to single out the family member faced with the weight challenge.  Health is a family matter and TO HEALTHY CHILDREN encourages this philosophy.

We know what the challenge is: 17% of children today are overweight/obese.  The causes are multifaceted; lack of physical education classes in school systems due to budget cuts, a generation of children who have both parents working outside the home, increased number of fast food restaurants as compared to a generation ago, a food industry that gears its less than healthy food at children through advertising, food portions that have grown larger over the years, convenience prepackaged foods that contain too much sodium, sugar, fillers.

In light of these factors it makes it even more important for a program created to assist families to get on the road to healthy living.

It is Ms. Iwrey's mission to assist as many families as she can and in so doing show that the time has come for solutions.  To continue to talk about the problem is not helping--solutions are required and TO HEALTHY CHILDREN is one solution.

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TO HEALTHY CHILDREN is geared specifically for families who have overweight/obese children and/or teens. The program focuses on teaching families "how to" implement elements of healthy living into their daily routines.