Getting students to exercise more may not just address obesity issues but also improve their grades. A US study has found that physically fit students tend to score higher in tests than their less fit peers. According to Dr William J McCarthy and colleagues at University of California in Los Angeles, schools and parents seeking to optimise their students' academic performance should take heed that for optimal brain function, it is good to be both aerobically fit and to have a healthy body shape. Allowing for age, social and economic status, gender, ethnicity and body size did not significantly affect this finding. Compared with students of desirable weight, overweight and obese students also scored significantly lower on tests, the researchers found.
Food for thought??
Food for thought??
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