Frequent Breaks from Sedentary Behavior Makes Kids Healthier

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131120192444.htm

Nov. 20, 2013 — Canadian kids spend more than half their waking hours engaged in sedentary behavior -- watching television, playing video games or just sitting around. Studies involving adult populations suggest that breaks in sedentary time are associated with reduced global health risks. Today these findings have been replicated in a study involving children between the ages of 8 and 11 as published in PLOS ONE.

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