1. What is Really Making America’s Children Fat? Erin Carroll

2. “Obese boys and girls are already starting to develop the illnesses of excess associated with people in their 40s and beyond”

3. “The environment makes it easier or harder for healthy choices to be the default ones” -RisaLavizzo-Mourey

4. Fitness by the Numbers 19% Percentage of 6 to 11 year-old American kids who were obese in 2004 32% Percentage of all American kids who are overweight

5. “Sit down on a bench in a park with a person on either side of you. If you are not overweight, statistically speaking, both of the other people sitting with you are.”

6. 10 Ways to Get Moving 1) Pull the Plug 2) Walk 3) Stay Flexible 4) Games 5) Make It a Challenge 6) Running 7) Spin Your Wheels 8) Dancing 9) Take a Hike 10) Start Young

7. “When the only thing available is fast food, that’s what the kids will be eating.” –Yael Lehman

10. Fitness for Kids and Teens “As kids’ fitness instructors, our challenge is to help children de­velop active, positive lifestyles. In­tegrating knowledge and activity will help convince children that exercise is important to their well-being and increase the chance that physical activity will be­come a permanent part of their daily lives. Once children begin to regularly incorporate fitness into their experience, they are more likely to modify other health factors to complement their healthy lifestyles”.

12. Behavior modification*

13. Motivation

14. Perceived control*

15. Social categorization