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Preventing obesity in children -- research highlights physical activity levels
03-19-2007 · EurekAlert!A British study, involving 5,500 children and published in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine, used accurate methods to measure the "fat mass" of the children and the amount of physical activity they were taking. The researchers, based at the University of Bristol, concluded that low levels of activity, particularly moderate and vigorous activity, play an important role in the development of obesity.
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