Inactive children have more than a five time chance at heart disease by their teen years

In the first study that followed children through their developmental years into their teens, more proof that we need to educate our youth on good nutrition, exercise and risk factors associated with heart disease.

Young children who lead inactive lifestyles are five-to-six times more likely to be at serious risk of heart disease, with that degree of danger emerging as early as their teenage years, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

It is so important to get our kids out there and off the couch. Let them pick a sport, any sport and go for it. Walk after dinner as a family, explain the food pyramid, you might be surprised at what they will be interested in. We have to do all we can to help our children- they are our future!

via Science Daily