Physical activity in schools 'makes children fitter' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 24 February 2010
Increasing PE lessons in schools and giving 'exercise homework' improves children's fitness and body weight, researchers have found, after previous studies suggested it had no effect.
A study in Switzerland has found that children given more exercise time at school, in dedicated lessons and throughout the day, as well as ten minute exercise homework, were fitter and put on less weight than others.
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