I would like to thank Sabrina Hesford for inviting our family and all of the Eat Well Play Hard families to Falcon Park on Sunday. My children had a great time handing out baseballs and pencils for the cause. Each of my children were treated to good food and came home with a foul ball at the game. Eat Well Play Hard continues growing to be a driving force in our community. Thank you for inviting us and we were very happy to help out the cause!

Eat Well Play Hard Has the following goals:

• Increase age-appropriate physical activity.

• Encourage active play.

• Turn off the TV and video games.

• Play and be physically active with your children.

• Move toward good health.

• Be a role model.

• Increase intake of vegetables and fruits.

• Offer vegetables and fruit at every meal.

• Choose a vegetable or a fruit as a snack.

• Try different vegetables and fruits.

• Go for the greens!

• Be a role model.

• Increase intake of low-fat and fat-free dairy foods.

• Offer low-fat (1 percent) or fat-free milk.

• Choose reduced fat, low-fat, lite or part-skim cheeses.

• Cook with low-fat dairy foods.

• “Moove” to 1 percent or less!

• Be a role model.

Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in New York.

Nearly one third of New York's school children are overweight or at risk of overweight.

Obesity is the second most preventable cause of death in the United States.

If parents are overweight, their children are more likely to be overweight.

To learn more about Eat Well Play Hard go to http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/cayuga/EWPH.htm#nutrition

Vin Gleason

Auburn

Gleason is founder of TheRun4Life.org and a member of the Eat Well Play Hard Coalition which promotes healthy eating for all children