6 secrets of the healthiest families

Are you practicing any of these habits with your own family?

Jan, 2026

Children aren’t only active at school or on a team

Exercise is prioritized around other events

Families interact at meals—and without screens

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Being healthy and active with your family is fun—and it's easier than you may think. Your entire family can add more fitness into your lives together, without much equipment, planning or stress. We spoke with Dr. Sarah Turner, who specializes in family and sports medicine at LewisGale Physicians Blacksburg Family Medicine and LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Va., to see which activities she recommends for her patients and what she does with her own family. Here are the six main things healthy families do and don’t do to nurture their bodies, minds and spirits.