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Inactive kids storing up illness for the future

A new University of Leicester study funded by the British Heart Foundation reveals that the level of physical inactivity among children today has reached epidemic levels. Researchers from Leicester -- Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor Melanie Davies and Dr Margaret Stone -- have just published one of the largest studies of physical activity levels of inner city school children.

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