Studies: Fitness Improves Kids' Academic Performance

Numerous studies show children across the world are becoming less fit, result is a spike in obesity, diabetes and other related diseases. That's why schools across the U.S., such as Lincoln Elementary in Redondo Beach, California, have instituted programs like the "walking school bus," in which kids carry a large cardboard cutout of a school bus and join other kids along the way. Parents see it as a way to get the kids exercising in the morning, while kids see...

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