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Make it a Healthy Year for Your Children

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013   

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has a unique suggestion for a family-based New Year's resolution. The idea is for parents to talk to their children about health - everything from what they eat to how much television they watch and healthy relationships.

Dr. Susan Zepada, the foundation's president and chief executive, says parents miss plenty of opportunities to talk to their children about their well-being.

"Regardless of what kids - especially teenagers - might say they, really are influenced by their parents. They're influenced by what their parents tell them and, of course, by watching what their parents do."

Zepada says parents are doing a pretty good job talking to their children about healthy eating, physical activity and tobacco use. According to the foundation's annual parent survey, however, bullying is a subject that is not being talked about enough, Zepada says, and neither is what she calls "healthy dating relationships."

"Respecting yourself so others will respect you. Some really tough conversations, but important conversations for children to hear from their own parents."

Zepada says parents can help their teens "set boundaries on what they will and won't do." She says that support can reduce high-risk behavior that teens and young adults have a tendency to get into.

The foundation's annual survey of moms and dads found that more than half of Kentucky's children - 56 percent - are exceeding the maximum recommended amount of daily "screen time." So, in a state where childhood obesity - 37 percent - is well above the national average, Zepada urges more active play.

"It's a great thing to do as a family. It's healthy for you, it's healthy for your kids."


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