Physical Exercise Should be Encouraged in Children from a Young Age, Researchers Say

Encouraging physical exercise in children from a very young age can help counter the rising number of overweight and obese children and adolescents, HealthNewsDigest reports. Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that 16 percent of children aged 6-19 years are overweight. And data from the National Institutes of Medicine shows that being overweight as a child …