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Lack of
exercise increases heart risk among kids
Saturday May 14, 2011 10:29:18 AM,
IANS
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London: Children who
are healthy but inactive can unwittingly risk invitation to future
heart problems.
A team of Swedish and Danish researchers studied 223 children --
123 boys and 100 girls, with an average age of 9.8 years, and
assessed their physical activity levels over four days.
They found that children, who were physically more active, had a
lower composite risk factor score for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
than children with lower amounts of moderate to vigorous physical
activity, reports the journal Acta Paediatrica.
"It is well known that physical inactivity in adults is associated
with a wide range of diseases and all causes of death," says lead
author Tina Tanha from the Department of Clinical Sciences at
Skane University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden.
"We believe that our study now demonstrates a clear clinical
association between physical inactivity and multiple CVD risk
factors in children," according to a Skane University statement.
The children wore an accelerometer strapped to an elastic waist
belt for four consecutive days to measure physical activity
levels.
Children were included in the study only if they wore the belt for
a minimum of eight hours a day for three days. They also underwent
tests for various CVD risk factors, including blood pressure,
resting heart rate, fitness and body fat.
Key findings were that the boys were significantly more physically
active than the girls, with higher levels of general physical
activity, moderate to vigorous physical activity and vigorous
physical activity.
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