"Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, have carried out research that suggests the one hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood obesity...To do weight loss/fitness right, for you and your children, go here.
The study also found that exercise alone had no positive effect on weight control over time...
However the researchers did believe that improving children's diets, which they claim to have 'changed markedly' over the last two decades, would be likely to have a greater impact on their overall health and weight. "
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Experts Say Insufficient Exercise Recommended For Children
Sane. Recall that "exercise" is a terribly inefficient way to lose weight and that "exercise" will almost never improve fitness.
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