Combat Childhood Obesity with a Kids Fitness Franchise

By Blair | Dec 3, 2008

Childhood obesity poses a serious threat to children and adolescents, and unfortunately, it can happen to any child. Being overweight as a child can lead to many problems socially and health-wise. Obesity can cause serious health problems such as heart disease or diabetes. Children who are obese from a young age may also develop poor habits that can affect their health and self-esteem for a lifetime.

One way you can fight back against childhood obesity is to start your own children’s fitness business. Children’s fitness is one of the key elements to preventing obesity in children. With a children’s fitness business, you can use tools and proven strategies to help your own children and well as others to overcome the battle at a young age.

Types of Children’s Fitness Businesses

There are many types of businesses related to children’s fitness. Some involve very young children, such as preschool fitness (or preschool P.E.), which helps children develop healthy fitness habits at a very young age. Other businesses focus on older children or teens. A children’s fitness business may include offering preschool fitness DVDs with exercise illustrations and fun music to spark activity. Other business opportunities may include toys or age-appropriate exercise equipment, books, or sports.

With your children’s fitness business, you can provide whole exercise programs for preschools, daycare centers, churches, and other organizations to help combat childhood obesity. You can even provide helpful resources to other parents individually, all while earning a lucrative income. Read more


Top Kids Fitness Franchises

By Blair | Dec 3, 2008

Between diet and lifestyle changes in the last 50 years, America has become a very unhealthy and overweight place. When people and public services address this subject, they generally mention that roughly one-third of Americans are obese, and that obesity is one of the deadliest killers in the United States. What they sometimes fail to mention is that an estimated 16% of children are obese, some 70% of those kids will grow up and remain obese and one in 15 children are so bad-off today that they need medical intervention such as gastric bypass to recover from their condition.

Though it may initially seem unrelated, this has had an interesting effect on the business world. In much the same way that America’s weight problem (and sudden societal awareness of it) has prompted fast food restaurants to begin offering healthier alternatives to standard menu items; the nation’s new health consciousness has changed the way we look at kids, even in the franchise business world. Our newest concern is child fitness. If you have a knack for working with kids and a passion for healthy living, then there are business opportunities perfect for you, and here are just a few of them.

Fitwize 4 Kids

The first of its kind, Fitwize 4 Kids is essentially a kids’ gym, offering circuit training that addresses the specific bodily needs of a child age 6 ½ to 15 in a quick 45-minute set of workouts that is both effective and fun. But their work with kids doesn’t stop at cardiovascular exercise, resistance training, and agility training; they focus as well on nutrition. Hoping in all things to make a lasting impact not only on the body, but on the mind, this business’ ultimate goal is boosting each child’s sense of worth as a person. As far as the business is concerned, overhead is relatively low because the designs are so compact that every possible inch of space is used, and professional relationships tend to last for many years, making cash flow solid. Read more

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