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12 op Ten Ways to a Healthier School Year A message from Doctors Nova Scotia The beginning of the school year is an opportunity to start new healthy habits. The combination of a balanced diet and exercise is the best way to stay healthy through all stages of life. Below is Doctors Nova Scotia’s top ten ways you can help your child to have a healthy and fun school year. 10. Encourage your child to participate in intramurals Intramurals are a great way to get active during a recess or lunch break. They are a fun and noncompetitive means to try new sports and games. If your child’s school doesn’t already have recess or lunch intramurals encourage your child to start them at his/her school. 9. Walk or bike to school with your child If you feel your child lives close enough to walk or bike to school, encourage them to do so. Incorporating physical activity into their daily routine is the best way for them to get and stay active. Try to walk with your child so you can get some exercise as well. 8. Play sports with your child Being a member of a school team is another way to get active. Tryouts can be intimidating for youth so remind them that sports are supposed to be fun, not stressful. Practice a sport with your child so they’ll get extra physical activity and be more confident during tryouts. 7. Set a bedtime Having a good night’s sleep is key to being productive. Your child needs sleep to stay healthy and keep developing. Youth between 7 and 12 years of age should get between 10 and 11 hours of sleep per day, while youth between 12 and 18 years of age need between 8 ¼ and 9 ½ hours of sleep per day. Developing bad sleeping habits in youth can lead to a lifetime of sleeping issues. 6. Spend less time watching TV Encourage your child to spend one hour less a day watching TV or using the computer. There are lots of activities they can do outside such as basketball, skipping or flashlight tag. An hour a day could make a big difference in your child’s health. 5. Encourage them to eat a healthy breakfast Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Make sure your child always eats breakfast and try to incorporate dairy, grains and fruit into their morning routine. 4. Wash your hands frequently With flu and H1N1 concerns this fall, make sure to wash your hands frequently and thoroughly, as well as your child’s. Hand washing is an effective way to protect yourself and your family from contracting a variety of illnesses. If your child is unable to wash their hands frequently at school, send them with an anti-bacterial hand sanitizer to use throughout the day. 3. Start the Youth Running for Fun Program at their school Doctors Nova Scotia offers a noncompetitive youth running program free to all interested schools. It’s a great way to get active and learn how to run. In the 2008-09 school year, more than 10,000 youth from over 170 schools took part in the program. If your child’s school doesn’t have the Doctors Nova Scotia Youth Running for Fun Program, visit www.doctorsNS.com for more information. 2. Provide healthy drinks Drinking healthy beverages is an important part of maintaining a balanced diet. A large portion of calories consumed by youth comes from fats, sugars and sweetened drinks. Avoid serving your children beverages with high quantities of dye and sugar. Most importantly encourage them to never drink highly caffeinated beverages. These beverages, such as energy drinks and coffee, can have a negative impact on your child’s health and attentiveness in school. If your child is thirsty, the best way for them to quench their thirst is by drinking water. 1. Encourage healthy eating Your child’s body needs vitamins for optimal growth and performance. To maintain a healthy diet, they should eat a variety of foods including cereals, grain products, vegetables, and fruit. Try to avoid serving your child foods with a high salt or fat content. Some easy snacks you can prepare for school are carrot sticks, a bag of cereal, and fruit. Enjoy a healthy and safe school year!
13 Sponsored by Chimo Taekwondo Making a smash for KidSport tm If KidSport is all about breaking barriers that keep youth on the sidelines, then Chimo Taekwondo head instructor Doug Large might have picked the perfect activity for a fundraiser. Large is planning a oneman breakathon at the Milk Sport Fair this month in an effort to raise $10,000 for KidSport, a program that helps families fund sport registration and/or equipment costs. He’s going to smash 1,000 boards in the span of about 15 minutes in what promises to be a very visual demonstration at the Milk Sport Fair, being held September 22-24 at Exhibition Park in Halifax. The Third Dan WTF Black Belt says the fundraiser is a good way to promote taekwondo and support a good cause at the same time. “Board-breaking is an integral part of the more advanced levels of taekwondo,” Large says. “It demonstrates several things, including mind over matter—you’re looking at that solid board and thinking, ‘How is my hand going to go through that’ It’s challenging, especially for kids, but when they do it there’s no feeling like it.” The taekwondo club is selling tickets to sponsor boards at $10 each, with the hope of selling 1,000 tickets—one for each board to be broken. Large got the idea for the smash-up from a friend in Moncton who has staged three similar fundraisers on behalf of the United Way. Large says KidSport was an easy pick for him, since he’s seen the program’s benefits in his own gym. “A number of kids that have come through my club have benefitted from KidSport,” he says. “It’s a very worthwhile program.” Chimo Taekwondo instructor Doug Large demonstrates boardbreaking, which he’ll be doing plenty of at a fundraiser for KidSport later this month. (Contributed by Doug Large.) Large is also hoping that the demonstration will pique attendants’ interest in taekwondo, which he says is a growing sport across Nova Scotia and around the world. “It’s one of two martial arts featured in the Olympics, and there are about 1,500 active participants in Nova Scotia,” says Large, who’s the vice-president of the Nova Scotia Taekwondo Association. About 100 of those participants of all ages belong to his own club, Chimo Taekwondo on Herring Cove Road. Large is gearing up for a busy fall at the club, with a dozen students preparing for black belt tests in December and a large contingent getting ready for the Canadian Junior Championships being held in Halifax in January. “It’s a very busy club, a wonderful social atmosphere,” says Large, who started Chimo about six years ago. “Every community needs a social gathering place, and Chimo has become that for a lot of the kids in the area—and adults too. We have a lot of kids that come and hang out before their class, meet all their friends, do their classes and hang around afterwards. It’s a very safe place to be.” Taekwondo can help instill selfesteem and discipline while also serving as a good cross-training activity for people involved in other sports such as hockey, Large says. “Parents often look to taekwondo for discipline and a little more structured environment,” Large says. “We give kids a lot of confidence.” The club founder is preparing for his own endurance test in what promises to be a very physical challenge. “I’ve broken lots of boards in my day but never 1,000 at once,” Large says. “Short of doing some of my more advanced belt tests, it will probably be one of the most strenuous things I’ve ever done. But it will be fun—I’m looking forward to it.” But he’s not looking forward to the day after. “I will be wearing a little bit of padding on my wrists and tape on my hands, but I know I’m going to be pretty tender for a few days afterwards,” he says with a laugh. For more information about Chimo Taekwondo or to sponsor a board in the fundraiser, call the club at 477-0538. For more on KidSport, visit the Sport Nova Scotia website at www.sportnova scotia.ca. Are Your Documents a Drain on Your Revenue IKON can help you turn that revenue drain into a source of business savings. With our consultative approach, IKON first seeks to understand your needs, then applies and integrates the hardware, software and services that will best address your document management requirements. Ready to boost profits and productivity Set up an appointment with an IKON representative today. Call 1-877-440-IKON or visit www.ikon.ca. © 2008 IKON Office Solutions, Inc. IKON Office Solutions ® and IKON: Document Efficiency At Work ® are trademarks of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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