By Jim DeBrosse Staff Writer As a practicing pediatrician in Seattle for 30 years, American Academy of Pediatrics spokesman Dr.

Childhood obesity is an epidemic, so you're seeking to make fitness a family affair. You want to inspire your children to make healthy lifestyle choices. You want to include them in your exercise routine. How? Simple. Make it fun and make it frequent.

It started with Dance Dance Revolution, that unusual video game that gets kids to drop their joy sticks, get off the couch and gyrate with abandon in front of the television.

By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Aug. 12--It started with Dance Dance Revolution, that unusual video game that gets kids to drop their joy sticks, get off the couch and gyrate with abandon in front of the television.

By Keiko Morris, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Feb. 9--Pedaling away on small stationary bikes set before television screens, four preschoolers kept their aerobic workout going to the clarion shouts of fitness guru Richard Simmons.