Sedentary children
October 19, 2012
BY the age of ten children are
accumulating six hours of sedentary
time each day, according to research
from Loughborough University.
During the study lead researcher,
Dr Dale Esliger, found that kids
accumulate 4.5 hours of sedentary
time everyday between the ages of
three and six years, after which
there is a reasonably steady
increase through to 18 years of age,
and by the time they reach age 17-
18 they are at nearly eight hours.
The increase in sedentary time is
steepest between the ages of 11-13
years, Esliger found.
“Methods of counteracting the
incline need to be developed,
based upon an improved
understanding of this phenomenon
and its causes,” he added.
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