The Change Mariner

A Fit Baby Equals A Fit Adult

The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network:

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Lucy Brown somersaults backward down a ramp, leaps over a mat, rolls across a platform, jumps a series of hoops, squats into a yoga pose and hops over a row of cones.

And all with her diaper intact.

The cherubic, grinning 2-year-old was one of eight toddlers stretching and puffing their way through yoga poses and aerobic exercises at a recent toddler fitness class at the Seattle Holistic Center.

As the country's population of overweight children swells, parents are flocking to baby exercise classes where tots as young as one day old can start getting fit.

Posted by Jennifer King at June 14, 2004 06:07 PM | TrackBack
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