Exercise Improves Thinking, Reduces Diabetes Risk in Overweight Kids

Just three months of daily, vigorous physical activity in overweight children improves their thinking and reduces their diabetes risk, researchers say. Studies of about 200 overweight inactive children ages 7-11 also showed that a regular exercise program reduces body fat and improves bone density.

“We hope these findings will help persuade policymakers, schools and communities that time spent being physically active enhances, rather than detracts, from learning,” says Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at the Medical College of Georgia and lead investigator.

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