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School health program helps kids get active

March 5, 2014

By Genevra Pittman Investing in a broad school health program could lead to in-school and at-home benefits for students, a new Canadian study hints. Children increased their daily physical activity on both school days and weekends in the years after...
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New evidence on how weight, diet, and exercise can help reduce cancer risk

February 20, 2014

By Suzanne Allard Levingston Cutting your risk of cancer is no longer just about shunning tobacco. Be lean. Eat healthfully. Get active. Common-sense lifestyle strategies for lowering the risk of heart disease and diabetes are now being shown to help...
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Gardening counts as moderate- to high-intensity exercise for kids, study finds

February 19, 2014

Gardening counts as moderate- to high-intensity exercise for kids, according to a small new study. To gauge the physical intensity of common gardening activities, Korean researchers had 17 children with an average age of 12 in South Korea wear telemetric...
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How being heavy or lean shapes our view of exercise

February 10, 2014

By Gretchen Reynolds Overweight women’s brains respond differently to images of exercise than do the brains of leaner women, a sophisticated new neurological study finds, suggesting that our attitudes toward physical activity may be more influenced by our body size...
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Study: Strength training may boost kids’ activity

December 9, 2013

By Genevra Pittman Whether children can and should participate in strength training has been a contentious issue. But new research suggests it is safe and may encourage young people to be more active in their everyday lives. Researchers randomly assigned...
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Equipment, encouragement gets kids active during recess

November 20, 2013

By Allison Bond Providing children with sports equipment, encouragement, and a safe environment boosts their activity level during the school day, according to a recent study from Australia. Researchers found that simple steps such as making sure elementary school students...
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Exercise ‘boosts academic performance’ of teenagers

November 1, 2013

Intensive exercise improves the academic performance of teenagers, according to new research. The study of about 5,000 children found links between exercise and exam success in English, math, and science. It found an increase in performance for every extra 17...
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Study: Screen time contributes to weight gain despite exercise

October 21, 2013

By Susie O'Brien and Katrina Stokes Even a large amount of exercise does not cancel out "bum time" — periods spent in front of TVs and computers, according to researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast. The study of...
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Children who live in “smart growth” neighborhoods get 46 percent more physical activity

September 19, 2013

Children who live in "smart growth" neighborhoods — developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas — get 46 percent more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids who live in conventional neighborhoods,...
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Children’s exercise: Hour a day ‘not enough’

August 7, 2013

By Nick Valentine Current recommendations for children to exercise an hour every day are "insufficient" to protect them from heart and blood circulation problems later in life. Children under age 10 need at least 80 minutes of physical activity a...
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