Monday, December 14, 2009

Physical Activity Linked To School Girls' Grades

“Girls who spend more time in vigorous physical activity may do better in school, even if they are not particularly fit, study findings hint. Dr. Lydia Kwak, at Karolinska Institute in Huddinge, Sweden, and colleagues examined associations between light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity and academic achievement in 232 students (52 percent girls) who were 16 years old on average and attending ninth grade in a Swedish school. They tallied students' grades in language, science, math, history, and other school subjects, Kwak's team explains in the Journal of Pediatrics...

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2009/12/11/eline/links/20091211elin023.html

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