Aim for fitness
It's key in helping adults and children maintain a healthy weight and good health. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that kids get at least 60 minutes of physical activity most, preferably all, days of the week. For adults, it's at least 30 minutes. Try these simple tips to keep your family moving.

Be an Active Family
• Schedule a regular time for family physical activity.
• Schedule activities everyone can do together, such as biking, inline skating or swimming.
• Go out and play with children when you can. Do anything - play tag, play catch, ride a bike, swing, play basketball or join their outdoor games.
• Walk or bike with your child instead of driving for short errands.

Make Fitness Fun
• Keep family activities fun rather than competitive.
• Schedule birthday parties and events at skating rinks, parks, gymnasiums, supervised swimming pools and other activity-oriented places.

Make a Conscious Effort to Keep Kids Moving
• Encourage running, playing tag and other fun outdoor activities and games both at home and at school.
• Help kids organize weekly games, such as kickball, with their friends.
• Set up an indoor area where rolling, climbing, jumping and tumbling are allowed.
• Limit screen time to no more than 2 hours a day.
• Walk to school with your kids. It's a great head start to you getting 60 daily minutes of activity, too.
• Get teachers on board. Talk to your teachers about incorporating fitness breaks into the school day.
• Team up with neighbors to form a family walking club.

Show Children How Much You Enjoy Physical Activity
• Let kids see you enjoy activities such as walking, tennis, hiking or cross-country skiing. It keeps kids moving, and it helps them learn activities they can enjoy for a lifetime.

Stay Active in Cold Weather, Too
• Layer for warmth and spend as much time outdoors as possible
• Walk
• Ice skate
• Cross-country ski or snow-shoe
• Swim indoors. Mark the local pool's "family swim" times on your calendar
• Dance. Try fun games like Dance, Dance Revolution®
• Play indoors at the local YMCA or high school
• Indoor basketball