Young children are not doing enough exercise, according to a research study on 11-year old children. Fewer than 3% of children are getting enough exercise. Children should do 1 hour per day of moderate to vigorous exercise. This research study was published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood.
Calculated children’s percentage body fat – a reliable indicator of overweight and obesity – at the age of three-and-a-half and seven years. Children who had acquired a high percentage body fat by the age of three-and-a-half were significantly more likely to be obese at the age of seven than those with low percentage body fat.
Childhood Obesity levels are on rise due to decrease in exercise activity of children. 20% of children will be obese by 2010.
