You may have noticed that we are into a New Year, and so we are trying to provide what we hope will be good new content for you, and your children as we move to a new beginning (hopefully!). Today, we have sharing something a little different, a food and exercise tracker for you all to help you in your exercise and health goals for the next year.

This is quite a simple, one page food and exercise tracker for you all focused on logging a number of different things that we might all be re-assessing in light of a New Year.
It’s pretty easy to note down, so hopefully that will make it easier for us all to follow (right?). Just take note of
- Breakfast,
- Lunch, and
- Dinner
Alongside, including information on any activity, and those extra things that we do to stay healthy including:
- Glasses of water we have drunk,
- Healthy oils we have had,
- Portions of fruit and vegetables,
- Milk and dairy products, and
- Vitamins
This tracker is probably OK for teens BUT do be really careful when you use it with children, and make sure it doesn’t become a major focus AND there is a good reason for doing it. For example, if your health professional has recommended your teen lose weight as part of a specific health plan. It should not be used without medical supervision with children.
In addition, it is also wise to take a health professional’s view on dieting as well, even as an adult. If anyone is worried about eating habits, do check out BEAT (UK) and NEDA (US) for information and support.

To download this simple food and exercise tracker, just use the image that we have popped into the article below. Click on the circular image, and you will be immediately taken to the resource.

We hope that this is helpful for you all, and manages to focus the mind and body. Though idea for New Year, this is of course, useful all year round, depending on what your aims are at the moment. If you are looking for more health related content on the site, do check out some of our other articles:
Health related posts on KiddyCharts
Here are some of the other ideas that we have related to child health on the site.
How to teach your kids healthy eating habits #31DaysOfLearning
Ideas to help your kids to eat healthily.
How to help your kids mental health and wellbeing #31DaysOfLearning
An exercise to help with your kids mental wellbeing.
7 ways to help your family's mental health when you're stuck indoors
FInally, some thoughts on how to help your whole family if you are stuck indoors, perhaps in the rain or even something else!
Or perhaps you want to explore a little further afield?
Health related content off KiddyCharts
3 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Child’s Sugar Intake
Ideas for reducing your kids sugar intake - always a bonus!
Live in a Healthier House: Best Things to Clean to Stay Healthy
This is an interesting post - focused on health, but from the perspective of what you need to be looking at within the home to keep healthy. Have a read.
If you are interested in this content, you might also want to check out the checklists and other info for organised mums that we have, and the daily challenges too? We do like to keep you all as busy and on top of things as we can do….
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Helen
