A Valuable Tool for Monitoring Your Childs
Health
Worried about your child being a little too chunky? Scared about
your kid developing heart disease early in life? Nervous about your
pride and joy becoming obese? Concerned about a premature onset
of diabetes?
Take the first step in monitoring your childs health status
at home. With the Accu-Measure FitKid Caliper, its your tool
to get your children on a healthy track along with a great self-image.
Doctors, trainers, and health and nutrition experts recommend the
periodic measurement of your childrens body composition for
improving their physical fitness.
"Assessing your child's risk for developing diabetes and
heart disease involves more than just weighing your child! Measuring
body fat regularly with this simple tool allows parents and pediatricians
to accurately combat the sedentary effects of too much "screen
time" (tv, computer, video games) and not enough "green
time" (soccer and other outdoor activities). Diet and exercise
can be customized regularly and more prescriptively, based on your
child's individual measurements."
-- Larry Wolk, MD, Pediatrician
and founder of Rocky Mountain
Youth, a non-profit medical group providing health care to children
in need.
The
Accu-Measure FitKid Caliper is easy-to-use, totally private, clinically
accurate, safe for your children, monitors childrens body
fat in seconds. All you need to do is measure in 2 places: back
of the arm (triceps) and side of the calf. Then add up the measurements
and look up the % body fat on a table
included in the package. The FitKid product is used to measure childrens
% body fat from ages 6-17.
The Accu-Measure FitKid Caliper package includes:
Directions on using the FitKid caliper
Measurement tips to improve performance
Pictures showing the appropriate measurement sites
Pictures showing how to take appropriate measurements
Measurement charts for boys and girls
Ideas for a positive body fat experience with children
Product Questions and Answers
Body Fat Questions and Answers
A Positive Experience for Your Child Body fat testing is a great way to help you evaluate your childs
health status. We know that fatter children have a stronger tendency
to be obese as adults, and to have a greater risk of heart disease.
These children could also have high blood pressure and high cholesterol,
also leading to the development of cardiovascular disease. In addition,
diabetes becomes a great risk to a child with too much body fat.
We recommend that children be taught about the benefits of physical
exercise and nutrition and how these can aid in the achievement
and maintenance of healthy body fat %. Changes in body fat as well
as shape, especially in girls, occur during puberty. This is normal
and should be conveyed to your aging child.
Children should first be made aware of the purpose and methods
of the measuring body fat. You should maintain records over time
of the body fat % results, but also track their growth, diet, and
physical activity. Keep the results private between you and your
child. Ensure that these measurements are as private as visiting
the family doctor. Do not be negative, or label, criticize, or berate.
Self-esteem and self-image is very important to your child. There
should be no negative effects by performing these tests, as long
as you take the time to educate your child. Your relationship and
motivation is very important if your child needs to improve personal
body fat results.
Make the entire experience positive and your whole family will
be motivated toward a healthier life!
5% of all sales
of the Accu-Measure FitKid Body Fat Caliper for Children go to Rocky
Mountain Youth, a non-profit health care organization that provides
medical care to over 30,000 children in need each year.
Accu-Measure FitKid Caliper
for Children
AccuFitness Price: $19.99
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