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AScribe Health News Service, December, 2007
Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- There are a number of gift ideas to get sedentary children of all age active, says a Purdue University childhood fitness expert.
"The key is to find gifts that also motivate the entire family to move," says Carole DeHaven, a continuing lecturer in the Department of Health and Kinesiology. "Parents are the gatekeepers for healthy living. By providing activities that children enjoy, along with healthy food choices, we can help reverse the number of children who are overweight or obese."
"If the trend is not reversed, then obese children grow up to be obese adolescents who grow in to obese adults."
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