🚴🧠 New research shows that reducing sedentary time in schools – through simple strategies like standing to answer questions or adding unstructured #play – improves #children’s waist-to-hip ratios, cognitive performance, and emotional wellbeing.

Researchers emphasize that all movement counts, from climbing #trees to riding #bicycles.

👉 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260522-to-get-children-to-move-more-we-need-to-intervene

#children #health #exercise #education #play #schools #wellbeing #fitness #cognitive #development #obesity #sports #parenting #neuroscience #denmark #bbc

Why moving about is key for children's health - and happiness

Children are less physically active than they used to be. Scientists are finding effective ways to encourage children to move more, leaving lasting benefits on their health.

BBC