New York Times bestselling author Missy Chase Lapine who inspired legions of parents to "sneak" good food into their children's meals with The Sneaky Chef series, has now extended her concept of "sneakiness" beyond the kitchen. The Sneaky Chef® has teamed up with fitness expert Larysa DiDio to provide parents with "Sneaky Strategies" for fitting in more exercise and calorie-burning activities into their child's daily routine with SNEAKY FITNESS: Fun Foolproof Ways to Slip Fitness into Your Child's Everyday Life.



For kids of all ages, "play" happens in the den and not in the backyard. So, other then asking your kids to drop and give you 20, what can parents do to get their children off the couch?

With over 100 age-appropriate activities, tips and 50 all-new Sneaky Chef® recipes for fueling newly-active kids packed into the pages of SNEAKY FITNESS - parents are guaranteed to keep their kids moving every day!

Missy and Larysa's "Sneaky" Tips Include:

Harness Kids' "Fidget Factor" - We want them to fidget! Plant items in TV room like a hippety hop, mini trampoline or hula hoop--they'll naturally jump, bounce and move while watching (studies show fidgeting can burn up to 350 more calories per day than being stationary).

Leave a stopwatch around and time them doing all their normal activities guaranteeing that they'll move a lot faster than normal and burn way more calories!

Make it a rule that your tween must be up and moving while they're talking on the phone-allowing them to burn 3x calories than sitting.

SNEAKY FITNESS also allows parents to make exercise fun with games and activities such as:

"Dig to China": Burn 68 calories in 30 minutes by digging and filling a pail with dirt, snow or sand-this activity more than triples the amount of calories kids burn oppose to sitting in front of a TV or computer.

"Set Up Shop": Perfect for rainy days, this activity will have kids burning 48 calories in 30 minutes by creating their own grocery store using the cans and boxes in your pantry. They can bag the groceries and help carry them to the "car". After they're finished they return the items back to the pantry.

Just like slipping spinach into brownies, SNEAKY FITNESS shows that small changes add up to big benefits. SNEAKY FITNESS isn't a gym class or another after school activity to schedule. Instead, it's a way to weave a cardio workout, strength training, and flexibility into your kids' everyday routines without them even realizing it.

With SNEAKY FITNESS, kids of all ages and all personalities will discover how good it feels to get their blood pumping and muscles moving. They'll appreciate the confidence that comes from being strong and capable and will eventually not just embrace exercise as a vital part of their everyday lives, but actually begin to crave it as well.