Bye Bye Food Pyramid... Here's what your "Plate" should look like!!

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I am soooo excited about this much needed change!  The USDA has FINALLY revisited it's "Food Pyramid" concept that has been around forEV.  They've replaced the pyramid that we've all grown to love {or hate} with "My Plate"...a MUCH more practical & easy-to-understand concept based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans!  The new website is SUPER user-friendly and offers all kinds of helpful info on choosing healthy foods and creating healthy MEALS!  Puh-puh-puhleeeease check out ChooseMyPlate.gov to learn more about USDA recommendations!  And while you're there, go ahead and hook yourself up with one or two of the printables to hang on your fridge or pantry door! GREAT reminders to eat well! Here's to treating your body to HEALTHYNUTRITIOUSDELICIOUS foods!!

-Peace. Health. RoxyB!!

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Spring into Summer: It's National Running Day!!

Well, June has arrived.  Which means (especially if you're down here in Texas) that summer is in full-swing!  What better way to spring into summer than to grab your tennies, and head out for nice little run!  Enjoy the SUN by taking a little joggy-jog through your neighborhood or a local park....OR skip out on the heat by parking it on the T-mill for a good 30 minute trek @ the gym.  Whichever way you choose to celebrate National Running Day, make it the start of a daily HABIT of running/walking/jogging!  You gotta start somewhere right?

-Peace. Health. RoxyB!!

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The FACTS behind Childhood Obesity

Nearly one in three children is either overweight or obese?  And the rates are even higher in African American & Hispanic communities. 

 If we don't solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma.

Thirty years ago, kids ate just one snack a day, whereas now they are trending toward three snacks, resulting in an additional 200 calories a day.

We are now eating 31 percent more calories than we were forty years ago.

Eight to 18-year old adolescents spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media, including, TV, computers, video games, cell phones and movies, and only one-third of high school students get the recommended levels of physical activity.

-Peace. Health. RoxyB!!

**all info taken from letsmove.gov

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"Let's Move!" America's move to raise a healthier generation of kids

All political preferences aside, how can you not be a HUGE fan of the recently launched "Let's Move" campaign!?  This cause is headed up by  First Lady, Michelle Obama, and aims to address the childhood obesity epidemic head-on.  Taken directly from the website,

Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. Sure, this is an ambitious goal. But with your help, we can do it.

I'd say this is a preeeetty important cause! So if you're not doing it for yourself, think of your kiddos and the lifestyle you're passing on to them... find some time today to get active!

I'm dedicating the remainder of this week to discuss the truths about childhood obesity.  It's a fight that I believe in big time!  Tune in each day this week for info, statistics, strategies, and opportunities to get involved!  let's move!

-Peace. Health. RoxyB!!

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