Classroom exercise doesn’t keep children trim: study
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 John’s. In a commentary that appears in the same issue, Louise Baur, who specializes in children’s health at the University of Sydney in Australia, said reversing trends in child obesity requires a broader, long-term approach that includes:
Healthier school meals. The studies had some limitations, since the researchers didn’t measure how much activity the children got, and there is disagreement over whether BMI is the best way to measure obesity. (more…)