{"id":1003,"date":"2017-09-19T10:40:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T16:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:27:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:27:14","slug":"childhoodobesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/childhoodobesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Obesity Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1006\" src=\"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ChildhoodObesity-464x310.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nChildhood obesity is linked to the over-consumption of sugary beverages like fruit-flavoured juice, soft drinks, and sports\/energy drinks.<\/p>\n<p>To help children maintain a healthy body weight, Canada&#8217;s Food Guide recommends limiting their intake of soft drinks and other sweetened beverages. Encourage them to quench their thirst with water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for eating healthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By following Canada&#8217;s Food Guide, your family will be able to meet their energy and nutrient needs. Keep your fridge stocked with foods from all four food groups.<\/li>\n<li>Set a good example for your children by being a role model for healthy eating. What you buy is what you and your family will eat. Start by making wise food choices when you shop.<\/li>\n<li>Eat meals together as a family as often as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Involve children in choosing foods at the grocery store by teaching them how to use the Nutrition Facts table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips for being physically active<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children and teenagers should participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day. This can include walking to and from school, playing sports, or riding a bike.<\/li>\n<li>Set a good example. Try to add physical activity to your daily routine and encourage your children to join you.<\/li>\n<li>Limit the amount of time your children spend on sedentary activities like watching television, playing video games and surfing the web.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of the opportunities your community offers to help your family stay healthy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/childhood-obesity\/childhood-obesity.html\">Government of Canada Website<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Did you know? Childhood obesity is linked to the over-consumption of sugary beverages like fruit-flavoured juice, soft drinks, and sports\/energy drinks. To help children maintain a healthy body weight, Canada&#8217;s Food Guide recommends limiting their intake of soft drinks and other sweetened beverages. Encourage them to quench their thirst with water. Tips for eating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginehealthcentres.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}