Education News – Grace Smith
“A study published in Pediatrics used GPS devices to track where and when teenagers were getting physical exercise, and the results showed that they were physically active for just 23 minutes a day while they were at school…The team was surprised to find that although the teens spent 42% of their time at school and got approximately half their daily activity there, the students only spent 4.8% of their time at school being physically active…activity helps prevent obesity and chronic diseases and has benefits to bone health, brain development, academic achievement, on-task behavior, and mental health.”(more)