While on the road, every family has to stop for bathroom breaks, snacks and   time to stretch their legs.  In this week’s show, Priority Health and Meijer showed us how pit stops can also be a time for health and wellness.

Prepacking health snacks in a cooler is much healthier than swinging through the local drive-thru.  Some easy snacks include baggies full of raw veggies, fruit, chex mix, granola bars, juice boxes and bottled water.  Stop at a local park or rest area and create or own picnic.  Or, if you’re in a rush, you don’t even need to stop to have these treats.

Long roadtrips can meet antsy kids in the car.  Even if it is just a stop for gas, the family should get out of the car and do some stretches.  If you have more time at a park or rest area, toss a frisbee or volleyball back and forth, jumprope or even play some paddle ball.  If you do this three times during the day or ten minutes each, that is thirty minutes of exercise you’re getting while on the road.