Babies need exercise too: An easy age-based guide for parents to follow

Fox News – Julie Revelant

“With about one-third of children in the United States who are overweight or obese, most parents know their kids should be getting at least an hour of exercise each day. Exercise not only helps with weight control, but it helps kids build healthy muscles, bones and joints, improves their self-esteem, helps them sleep better, and may even prevent depression later on in life, a January 2017 study in the journal Pediatrics found. However, experts say the time to get kids moving isn’t when they take their first steps but rather weeks after they’re born.”(more)