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Children’s Health: Exercise

Most experts agree that the childhood obesity crisis has been caused as much by children’s lack of physical activity as it has by their poor diets.

The benefits of regular exercise include: increased lean muscle and bone strength, decreased body fat, a healthy weight, and improved psychological well-being. Furthermore, as children grow into adulthood, exercise helps prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Compared to previous generations, many children have become sedentary because of increased use of electronic media, less physical education at school, declining after-school activities, and less walking or riding a bike to activities.  Read more...