Kids Health Program This Week at Ellis House

Lynne Page, a personal trainer and aerobics/yoga instructor, will speak on issues related to health and children at 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Ellis House and Equestrian Center in Minooka.

The Better Health/Better Life program is free and open to the public. The center is located at 13986 McKanna Road.

Here's how Page is described in the news release on the event:

"Lynne is a wife and patriotic mother of three great kids, Owner of Lynne’s Health, Inc., Personal Trainer, and a Master Trainer in Aerobics & YOGA Instruction. She took 2nd place in the East Coast - Miss Fitness USA contest in 2001, just one year after having her third child. She holds a BS in Exercise Physiology and her Masters in Nutrition. She is certified through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), American Council on Exercise (ACE), Aerobics & Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and American Institute of Fitness Educators (AIFE). She is also a mid-wife, child-birth educator and lactation consultant."

Among the topics to be discussed:

• Why do kids have adult diseases? When we were kids, only old people got them!
• How do we know if cockroaches are in our food? (You may have eaten some this week!)
• What ingredient is designed to trick us into eating more because we don't know we are full?
• What 4 things can make our kids act ADD or ADHD even if they are normal?
• What do we eat or drink that paralyzes our brains or our kids when they are trying to study?
• How can we be giving ourselves osteoporosis?
• Can we REALLY reverse the aging process and get younger? Can we LOOK younger too?
• How old is that "Fresh Produce" anyway?
• Can't I just pop a vitamin pill and be protected?
• Are you holding 5 extra pounds in your middle because your body thinks you are in the desert?
• What stays on our butt and gut for 100 days? Yuck!

To reserve a seat or for more information, call Tina Villarreal at 630-552-5253 or email her at tina@ellishec.com.