Comments on: Exercise Helps Overweight Children Think

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:57:33 +0000

In reply to Moon. Yes, I think it's the first one that examined what regions got activated in the brain and how that influenced your cognitive abilities.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:56:28 +0000

In reply to Fraser. Yes; AFAIR here in Germany for example, PE is the class most often cancelled.

By: Fraser

Fraser — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:36:32 +0000

Only more studies to show where schools should be taking physical education and exercise more seriously. Kids sit around in a chair all day and are swamped with homework. When they get home, they’re either doing homework or slouched over on the bean bag couch playing X-BOX Live. I recall a friend telling me about how in some European countries, you’d pick a sport, and you would spend an hour+ a day at school doing it (could be skiing, tennis, whatever). There should be at least two 20 minute breaks for kids in grade school in-between their classes, where they participate in an outside or gymnasium class to follow a workout with good music; especially for high school students.

By: Moon

Moon — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:43:05 +0000

I remember hearing of other studies like this, is this the first one that was carried out with brain activity being monitored? Don’t remember that having been mentioned before.