School-based physical activity: Has benefits even if it doesn't help lose weight
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 10:56
in Health & Medicine
School-based health and exercise programs have positive outcomes despite having little effect on children's weight or the amount of exercise they do outside of school, say Cochrane Researchers who carried out a systematic review of studies on physical activity programs in schools...
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