Why gym may fix it - The Times 1st September 2007

Fresh evidence in the food-or-fitness debate suggests that PE can keep kids slim. The PE kit is washed and bagged, ready for a new term. But new research is about to reveal how important it is that your children get to use it. An important new study of UK schools indicates that pupils who do more physical education at school have significantly smaller waistlines. This is a significant contribution to the debate about whether it’s fitness or food we need to concentrate on if we’re seriously going to address the nation’s “obesity epidemic”

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