Children’s Physical Activity Increased By Parents’ Endorsement Of Vigorous Team Sports (Medical News Today)

Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University studied a sample of 681 parents of 433 fourth- and fifth-graders from 12 schools in Houston.
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Parents’ Endorsement Of Vigorous Team Sports Increases Children’s Physical Activity (redOrbit)

But parents push girls less toward sports and vigorous chores, according to new study Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says.Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University studied a sample of 681 …
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