15 minutes to fight childhood obesity
From Times wire reports
Just 15 minutes a day of kicking around a ball or swimming might be enough to keep children from becoming obese, British and U.S. researchers said last week.
A study of 5,500 children who agreed to wear a motion sensor device showed that those who exercised more were less likely to be obese -- and that short bursts of intense activity seemed to be the most helpful.
Children who did 15 minutes a day of moderate exercise -- equivalent to a brisk walk -- were 50% less likely than inactive children to be obese, the researchers reported online Tuesday in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.
