Academic Performance at School Linked to Exercise?
~ The Rebel ~
2012/01/04 16:12:06
How well children perform in the classroom could be linked to how physically active they are, suggests a Dutch review of previous studies.
Writing in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, researchers said they found strong evidence of a link between exercise and academic performance.
The review looked at 14 studies involving more than 12,000 children.
Exercise may help by increasing blood and oxygen flow to the brain, it said.
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You know the days of the Hard-Wired Rotary Party line Telephone .. when families gathered around the massive radio to listen to the serials .. when we used washboards/wringers and clotheslines .. when there was no microwave or video games or computers ..
We would go outside and play in the dirt, toss the balls around .. walk to school. We'd ride bikes without helmets .. we ran everywhere .. we did outdoor chores too ..
Hmm .. guess these 'academics' are TOO YOUNG for all that ..