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Educate Children to Stay Active with a Healthy Eating Lifestyle

By Diana Miron on April 29, 2018 0

Educate children to stay active with a healthy eating lifestyle

Every parent wants what is best for their children. Practising sports since early ages, may it be just for fun, is a healthy way for children. This will prepare them for the future and will help them manage the challenges that come along their way.

There are various benefits related to their health and well-being as well. You can see these in the previous article.

However, we will focus now on how to educate children for sports and help them get that sense of responsibility in eating healthy while staying active. One cannot exist without another.

Healthy eating lifestyle

Any kid that wants to take up sport should have healthy eating habits. This comes from their parents and this is where the responsibility comes in. If you want to prepare your child to take a sport or some, you should make sure he has a healthy eating lifestyle.

Proper nutrition is not good just for sporty people, but it is good for every aspect of life. A healthy eating lifestyle will have positive effects on both studying and sports.

Healthy Eating Tips

  • Choose healthy fats such as vegetable oils, avocados, oily fish, and nuts.
  • Vitamins, minerals, and iron can be found on lean red meat, turkey, fish, eggs, dark green vegetables
  • Calcium can be found in low-fat milk, yoghurt, puddings, cheese, nuts, and fruit juice
  • Water is the most important when it comes to fluids.

Rules for a Healthy Lifestyle While Being Active

An active teen should have a very organized lifestyle. They should watch what they eat, how they eat, when they eat, and what is good or bad and what is bad for his body. The rules below are to be followed both by young people as well as by parents, for them to set an example to their kids.

  • Never skip a meal. This is important especially breakfast. It is the most important meal of the day. It gives you the energy to continue the day in a positive mood. Make sure your child knows this and develops this sense of being responsible in never skipping a meal.
  • Drink lots of water. Water is important for all the functions of the body. Make sure you have a bottle of water at hand all the time.
  • Eat some protein daily. This is important for young active people as protein repairs the muscles and helps them grow.
  • While carbohydrates are known to be bad foods, there are the good carbs that are a must throughout the day. They will give the needed energy to the muscles.
  • Eat at least 5 portions of fruits and vegetables per day. This will give you the vitamin boost your body needs.
  • Take your daily intake of healthy fats. They will give you the energy to stay active.
  • On top of this, you have enough sleep and rest. You could eat as healthy as you want, but without enough sleep, your body won’t function well when tired.

Parents know-how list

  • As a parent, do not over exaggerate when trying to make your child love and practice sports. Sport should be regarded as a game, and games usually are supposed to be fun. This is why pressure never works in trying to convince children to do anything.
  • Let your child see and decide for himself what is the best sport that he likes and he would enjoy practicing. Not every child should practice sport in a professional manner. Moreover, the vast majority do not take it as a profession. Practice it to stay active and all the other benefits it brings. Each one finds different benefits in sport.
  • As a parent, you should not be overprotective and be present every time he goes to practices. Let him be with his peers and the coach. Make sure you are present when there are important games going on.
  • As practicing sports is a very healthy way of living, parents should encourage their children to play, not to necessarily be in a competition.
  • However, if he likes participating in competitions, encourage him to win, not just get comfy with losing. This should never be an option.
  • Make sure you are the one that your child looks up to. Do not be a lazy couch potato if you want your child to take up some sport. Stay as active and healthy as you can.

An active teen girl should consume as much as 2400 calories per day while an active teen boy between 2800 and 3000 calories per day. These calories should not be randomly consumed, as there are bad and good things for the body to eat. The more bad food he eats, the less likely he will get good results in his sports activities or any other field in life. Eating right will help your child perform at his best.

Make sure they take the proper carbs, have some soup per day, eat healthy fats, take the proper vitamins and minerals from the food, and proper calcium intake. Water consumption must not be forgotten. An important takeout for water is not to wait until you are thirsty. Make sure your kids are hydrated enough.

Conclusion

Sports will raise many good qualities in a child even though he does not make a profession out of it. Creating a healthy lifestyle and an environment that respects physical activity will prove good for your child in time. It is important that a child is raised to eat healthy, to stay active, and to respect his body. Tips above will help you as a parent in educating your child in this regard.

With a right mindset even from the early ages, children will be more opened to practicing sports. Paving their way into educating about the connection between staying active and eating healthy; will prove to become a lifestyle for them in the future, without putting to much effort into this.

Why Should Teenagers be Encouraged to Practice Sports?

By Diana Miron on April 22, 2018 0

Why should teenagers be encouraged to practice sports?

We live in a very tech world and this makes us become less and less physical active. However, if for us there is not such a big problem, as we have practiced sports in our younger years back in the days, today’s children and teenagers, seem to prefer being online rather than being outdoors.

Mainly due to this we should make sure we know and explain to them the big benefits sports can have for one. These benefits are both for them and their life now as well as for their coming years.

However, making it easier for them to understand is important for them to see the benefits for them as teenagers and how sports can improve their life in all its aspects.

According to the Council of Europe, sports means “all forms of physical activity […] aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels.”

Sport is essential for the development of young people. It is good for various reasons that you will see below. If your teenager does not have the taste of it yet, this means he just has to try various till he finds what is the right sport for him. Sport is easy and becomes a pleasure once you get the taste of it.

Sports to choose from

Between the ages of 13 to 15 it has been demonstrated that girls involvement in sport drops more than in boys. This may be due to the transformations their bodies go through. However, this is not a reason good enough not to practice sport.

As a teenager you have various possibilities of sports. Whilst the best sports in this period of life are the outdoor ones, there are some indoors sports that can also be practiced and bring good results.

Some of the sports to choose from as a teenager are hiking, mountain biking, cycling, resistance, handball, football, volleyball, basketball, aerobic, fitness, tennis. Some can be practiced with your family, some with your peers and colleagues and some with a trainer. Whichever you choose, it is important to fit your needs and your capacities.

Sport benefits for teenagers

Sport contributes to the teenagers well-being overall. Encouraging teenagers to practice sports is important as sport brings many benefits.

  • Physical health
    • First and foremost, practicing sports will have a good effect on a teenager’s metabolism, heart rate and overall physical condition. Sports will increase the energy level and improve movement and motor skills while still developing. It will give a balance to the organism; a balance that is needed while passing through the teenage years changes.
  • Improve the social life
    • As a teenager you are not entirely formed, you pass through a lot of changes, some that relate to the friends you have around you. Practicing a sport can be a social activity and an easy way for the young people to make friends that have the same passions and form long lasting friendships. Team sports are mainly important for this.
    • Communication is very much influenced by sports. It helps young people form connections and improve their socializing skills.
  • Good for the mind
    • Being a teenager and going though all the changes in your life can be a challenge for some. Sports is a good answer to cope with these changes. It can help one beat the anxiety, depression, eating disorders, attention deficit and even hyperactivity disorders.
    • As we live in a very stressful world where everything happens faster than we have the chance to chew on, sports will help one maintain a positive mental health. Young people can reduce their anxiety, love problems, school problems teenage problems and many others through sport practicing.
    • Sport increases their self-esteem. Contributing to one’s mental-well-being, the young will have an increased sense of pride and purpose. It will boost their self-confidence.
    • As it affects the levels of the dopamine and serotonin hormones, sports contribute to mood improvement. When practicing sport brain chemicals are triggered and this lead to one feeling happier and more relaxed.
  • Better school results
    • All the above lead to the most important effect on a teenager – increasing concentration; this will help them in their critical thinking and a better and easier learning.
    • An improved energy will make them learn better
    • Have a higher discipline in their program
    • Be more competitive
    • Increase their sense of discipline
  • Good behaviour changes
    • Having a teenage is a hard job and no one can deny this. They think they own the world and they are the only ones that know what is right and what is wrong. We’ve all seen that and been through that. Anyhow, sports can have a good effect on their behaviour and thinking.
    • It can help them adopt healthier decisions, have a better sleep, choose not to smoke or drink, overall, make the right choices for their life as future adults.
    • This will help them to a healthy development in the future and a good health.
  • Maintain a healthy weight
    • As hormonal imbalances are often in this teenage period, it is important to maintain a healthy weight. Practicing sports will help one stay in the recommended weight range and reduce the chance of developing other diseases in the future.
  • Increase the leadership skills
    • Sports contribute a lot to the development of teenagers as people. Participating in sports and mainly team sports, will increase the leadership qualities in a young.

Takeaways

The above are just the main benefits your teenager can have from practicing a sport. It is important to know that the younger the children will start participating in sport activities, the more likely they are to stay active as they grow old.

Even the small reason to keep them away from TV or computer, should make you want to give your teenager a stimulus to start some kind of sport. However, sport practicing in teenagers means so much more than this.

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