How Physical Fitness May Promote School
Success
Children who are physically fit
absorb and retain new information more effectively than children who are out of
shape, a new study finds, raising timely questions about the wisdom of slashing
physical education programs at schools.
Parents and exercise scientists (who, not infrequently, are the
same people) have known for a long time that physical activity helps young
people to settle and pay attention in school or at home, with salutary effects
on academic performance. A representative study, presented in May at the
American College of Sports Medicine, found that fourth- and fifth-grade
students who ran around and otherwise exercised vigorously for at least 10
minutes before a math test scored higher than children who had sat quietly
before the exam…… read more
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/how-physical-fitness-may-promote-school-success/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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