Parents Talk: How to Keep Your Kids Active?

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It's a gorgeous summer day. And your kids are inside playing computer games and watching TV.

How do you keep them active?

We may be one of the most active and outdoors-y counties in the state, but according to a study conducted by Marin Kids, out of 50,000 children living in Marin County, 19 percent of children are not at healthy weight, 20 percent of students in grades five, seven and nine do not meet fitness standards for aerobic activity and 27 percent of seventh grade students do not meet healthy weight guidelines.

Read more about the fitness tests and how our Ross Valley kids did .

Gabrielle Cullen on San Rafael Patch wrote on how to get your kids moving, including do things together, take an interest in the sports your kid likes, plan trips around fitness activities and head to the pool!

What do you do to get your kids outside? What activities are they interested? What efforts to get them moving never work? What advice can you offer to other parents of sloth-like children?