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BY SASHA ROGELBERG
Functional Movement
12 Washington F FAMILY
APRIL 2023
YOGA: ADOBE.COM
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W ith kids, it may already feel like
there aren’t enough hours in the
day to balance your exercise needs
with those of your children.

According to Dr. Christi Hay, founder
and pediatrician at Palisades Pediatrics
in Washington, D.C., kids need at least an
hour of exercise per day. Though recess
and playtime count towards this hour,
that’s still a big chunk of time where a child
needs to be moving their body.

“Good movement impacts good sleep,”
Hay says. “Good movement helps in the
classroom in terms of expending energy
so that they’re able to focus in class, and…
in terms of your physical health, in creat-
ing good patterns and attitudes towards
movement and exercise.”