Kids should get moving to avoid obesity Health Reuters:
"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.
Nevertheless, there are still plenty of reasons to avoid too much sedentary 'screen time,' Dr. Ulf Ekelund of the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge, UK and colleagues say, given potential negatives including 'violence and aggressive behavior, poor academic performance, and poor body image.'"
"NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vigorous exercise may be an especially good way to keep kids lean, but sitting around, in and of itself, doesn't appear to have a major role in making them fat, new research shows.
Nevertheless, there are still plenty of reasons to avoid too much sedentary 'screen time,' Dr. Ulf Ekelund of the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge, UK and colleagues say, given potential negatives including 'violence and aggressive behavior, poor academic performance, and poor body image.'"