Childhood obesity is a growing problem in today's society.
Parents are finding it harder every day to juggle professional life with family life and their children's diets are suffering.
Ready meals and fast food are becoming more and more common place and the result is children are becoming unhealthy, lethargic and obese.
Here are 3 tips on how to keep your kids eating healthy and keeping fit.
Fresh fruit and vegetables - This is the number one priority for a healthy children's diet.
Now, as a parent i understand how difficult it is to get you child to choose the healthy fruit and veg over unhealthy snacks like chocolate and crisps, but there are ways.
Fresh fruit smoothies and shakes are perfect for getting the essential nutrition into your child's diet.
You can even freeze them and create ice pops or frozen desserts.
Creating fun recipes and names, such as Hulk Juice or Spidey Shake, will get your child involved and make it easier for them to accept eating fruit.
You can even sneak a little green veg in their and they will never know! Outdoor activities - Today's children are becoming lazy.
It is too easy for them to just sit and watch TV now that they can find something to watch 24/7.
Also the internet and video games are contributing to a fast growing generation of overweight and obese children.
You have to make sure they get the exercise they need by doing things together.
It doesn't have to be too strenuous or time consuming but just kicking a ball about down the park or a gentle bike ride now and then is perfect to get them started and teach them how to keep healthy and fit.
Sometimes when you really don't have the time and other things just have to be done, then you will have to be cruel to be kind and send them out and play.
It really is for the good and health of your children.
Eat as a family - Research on childhood obesity has proven that, families who sit at the kitchen table and eat together, at a set time regularly, have a much higher percentage of healthier children than families that don't.
This is because the parents tend to eat a better diet than the kids, so when you sit at the table with your kids they will be eating what you do rather than you eating the burgers or junk that they want.
At the same time you can all have that delicious frozen smoothie dessert covered with creamy yoghurt, together.
This is the number one way to teach your child how to eat healthy.