Edgar and Rubi Chacon’s family leads an active life: Edgar walks more than
7 miles a week at work. Rubi chases their toddler Emmanuel around all day.
Andrew spends an hour every day in 9th grade basketball drills. Jennifer and
Daisy get a lot of vigorous play in PE at school. But that’s not enough...they have strict limits on TV time (but enjoy family DVD movie night at
home).
On Sundays they walk a mile or two and get a workout at the park
playground to reach the “silver” activity level: At least 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week!
Sunday walks are special for Andrew and his father as they get a
chance to talk about things they might not have time for otherwise.
The whole family feels closer in their playtime together.
The Chacons also accepted Dr. Pont’s no-soda-in-the-school-week challenge
last month, and they took it way further: They never drink sodas, just a lot of
water and things like fresh pineapple juice. Fast food is rare and things
like homemade chicken vegetable soup are the usual evening meal.
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