A recent study of overweight children found that daily aerobic exercise may cut down on snoring in overweight children. The study was conducted only on overweight children.
Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia report that news in Obesity's November edition. Catherine L. Davis, PhD, and colleagues studied 100 overweight children age 7 to 11 in Augusta, Georgia for about 13 weeks. The children were split into 3 groups. The first group exercised for 40 minutes of supervised aerobic exercises like basketball, jumprope, soccer, or tag. The second group was assigned 20 minutes of supervised exercise of the same type. The third group continued their normal activities.
A quarter of these children had some type of sleep problem. At the end of the study, the parents were asked to fill out a survey about the children's sleep since they were in the program. This survey showed a drop in the breathing problems of those who exercised. The group that exercised 40 minutes a day showed the most improvement.
The children showed improvement even when they didn't lose weight. Since only overweight children were studies, there is no data about the advantages of exercise for children of normal weight.
I think I need to start an exercise program for myself.
Dale L. Edwards
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Good post.
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