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Children's Exercise Sessions Often Too Short To Prevent Obesity

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Publication date: Mar 20, 2009

The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey included 2,498 kids from age 8 to 17. Researchers measured their activity level with motion sensors and found two-thirds had bursts of physical activity that lasted less than five minutes. Even in gym class, they were inactive a large portion of the time.

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