Fit Parents? Not Necessarily, Their Kids
OK. You can relax. It's not your fault if your teen doesn't imitate your fitness routine and is a flabby couch potato. A new study has found that kids just don't seem to care. I can use my own home as an example. My husband and I exercise for at least an hour seven days a week, while our son stays glued to the computer. Thankfully, he's skinny, but his staying so firmly planted in the family room cannot be good for his health. True to our experience, the study found "there was little correlation between teens' fitness levels and whether the teens had one or both parents who regularly engaged in physical activity, researchers said," Ann Lukits at The Wall Street Journal reports. My husband (a former pro) is teaching our son tennis and Phillip does love to kick a soccer ball around the backyard. But does he swim in the summer like he used to, when he was seven and eight and nine? No. Does he ride his bike? No. Sadly, the neighborhood friend