The News:
Kids' activity levels slide in 'tween years
By Tara Parker-Pope
The New York Times
Article Last Updated: 07/16/2008 03:06:15 AM MDT
Young children spend an extraordinary amount of time moving about — an average of three hours a day at age 9, new research shows. But in just a few years, all that childhood energy disappears. By age 15, daily physical activity is down to just 49 minutes on weekdays and about a half-hour on weekends.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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