UI professor’s research finds exercise helps kids focus (The Champaign News-Gazette)

URBANA – One child spends 20 minutes walking, then takes a test. Another spends the same amount of time resting, then takes the same test. Guess who performs better? Charles Hillman, a University of Illinois professor of kinesiology and community health, conducted research that suggests exercise increases children’s ability to focus on a task.
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