Healthy Jingles for Kids

Most Kid’s books start right off with pictures as the first page without any introductory remarks because the children are expected to look at the books by themselves. This book and accompanying adult books are different. The Kids Books are for parents to read and explain to kids, over and over again until the entire family gets the message about health and fitness. The Adult E-Books are for parents and teachers to refresh their memory of what top medical sources say about the subjects. The jingles and books are not just for kids to read by themselves, but for parents to read and explain to their small children so all learn about healthy lifestyles.

      The purpose of the book is to let both kids and their parents know what happens to sedentary children who are not taught about and do not take part in good health and fitness practices while still young. To get the idea that walking and running is the most basic, but not the only form of exercise, children should be taught very early in life so that they grow up taking part in healthful lifestyles.

      Over the last 100 years, lifestyles have dramatically changed from a time when there was very few cars and paved roads and a maximum speed of 10 miles per hour, to a time when cars and wheeled vehicles are so plentiful that they congest paved roads over the entire country and are posted with maximum speeds often at 75 miles per hour. Today, most people walk only for short distances from the car to the house. They no longer walk to shops and offices as they used to do. The dangers of getting hit by a car, attacked by a mob, or becoming ill from exhaust fumes appear to be too high to take a chance.

Yet, walking just 30 minutes per day and following a heart healthy diet could cut the incapacitation and death rates by at least one third if not more. Parents and their children must eat well and also find ways to walk, run and exercise to avoid early obesity and to ingrain healthful habits in their young children.

      We have discussed this subject with medical doctors at Mayo Clinic. They say that there is absolutely nothing in books that give new parents guidance regarding what should be taught to children about exercising. Many parents lack knowledge of how to bring their kids up in the manner outlined in the healthy jingles books. The medical profession knows that inactivity of small children will certainly produce medical crises in the future.  

Poor health often results from obesity which in turn caused by lack of exercise and poor eating habits. The obesity in younger children will cause so many illnesses in the future that it stresses the capacity of the medical profession to provide needed medical care.

      Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins and The New England Journal of Medicine report that the rate of death from heart disease in this country was cut by 50% over a 20-year span (1980 to 2000). But now the fear of letting our children go outside to play could reverse these gains in the future. A reduction in heart disease through lifestyle changes goes a long way toward maintaining optimum health. This can be easily done by adhering to good wellness practices while growing up.

      Ways to improve lifestyle include not smoking, exercising, healthier diets that include less meat and saturated fats and more fruits and vegetables.

      Tobacco use, lack of physical activity, and poor eating habits cause suffering and early death in millions of Americans. At least one third of all deaths can be attributed to poor lifestyle. All of these good practices can be taught to children using the  www.wellnessactives.org website.