I started to respond as a comment to Scott’s comment but I quickly realized it was too long so decided to turn it into a post instead.

Yes, I remember the NB Games very well from the old days. And as to pedometer. Well I have a bias on this as it’s related to our new business. But suffice it to say there’s a huge difference between free McDonald’s type pedometers and high quality, technologically advanced pedometers. And there are lots of opportunties for it to be fun and interactive for kids. Oh god, did I just sound like I was making a sales pitch? lol. I’ve been using a pedometer for a while and yes it can make a difference, and with kids today who are so used to being connected it can motivate them. While in an ideal world, kids would just play outside to get exercise, the reality is that it’s not happening and we need to address how to relate health and fitness to kids in a technologically, media changing world. There’s a whole new area of kid’s fitness called exergaming that is being implemented in areas, like a gym in NS. For our generation, it seems hard to imagine that this is needed, when they’ve got a basketball court down the street, but the end result is that kids are getting fit whereas before they were glued to an X-Box.

It’s only part of the picture though as healthy eating needs to be addressed too in our world of fast food, (I’m guilty of it too at times, who isn’t), a rush to soccer, or Camp, no time. Or as the Gleaner addressed today, picky eaters, kids that won’t eat anything except peanut butter.

Diabetes runs rampant through my mother’s side of my family. Obesity, heart disease, all contributors. I don’t want my children growing up without the tools to make healthy food choices or not knowing about an active lifestyle. And yes I need to lead by example, I’m trying;)

I hadn’t planned for this to turn into a spiel;) But it’s a subject matter close to my heart and that’s why I was glad to see Graham address it today.