Activity no fix for fat kids: study

CBC news, 7 July, 2010

Physical activity is not the solution to childhood obesity, a British study suggests.

The study of 202 children over three years concluded that excess weight reduces activity, but activity does not affect weight.

"Physical inactivity appears to be the result of fatness rather than its cause. This reverse causality may explain why attempts to tackle childhood obesity by promoting physical activity have been largely unsuccessful," an abstract of the study said.



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