Incorporating Physical Activity into Your Life (Audio)

All families should strive to live healthy, active lives. To help guide parents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers this informative interview with Claire M. A. LeBlanc, MD, FAAP on how to incorporate physical activity into your life.

Incorporating Physical Activity into Your Life

Claire M. A. LeBlanc, MD, FAAP

(Recorded August 2010)

Dr. LeBlanc is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Alberta in Canada. She is chair of the Healthy, Active Living and Sport Medicine Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society and a former liaison to the Council on Sport Medicine and Fitness of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

• Listen to the entire interview
• Choose an individual question:
• How much physical activity do children need every day?
• Is it better to have free play, or organized sports?
• What kinds of activities do you recommend for different ages?
• How can families incorporate exercise into busy schedules?
• What role do TV, video games and the Internet play?
• If your family is not active now, how can you start?
• Do children with chronic health conditions need exercise?
• Is it important that parents be active, too?
• What is your final advice?
• Edited transcript

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