The good news is that doctors believe health can be restored to young people's arteries with regular physical activity and a healthy diet.
It's not the six hours of TV which is killing them, but the likelihood that they are not filling the rest of their waking hours with healthy physical activity.
Moving also requires shifting institutional thought, especially the idea in education that physical exercise is in competition with academics for a slot in the curriculum instead of an essential ingredient of academic performance that begins with increasing general physical activity.
In combination with properly balanced nutrition and caloric intake, increased physical activity can help with weight loss.
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But the large meals, combined with a lack of physical activity and the junk food Breanna ate at school, continued to create a big problem.
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In addition, physically active kids do better in school, with studies showing that physical activity enhances important skills, like concentration and problem solving, which have been shown to improve academic performance.
With advances in measuring physical activity levels, we have discovered, to our horror, that 95% of the UK population are not even doing the minimum recommended amounts of physical activity to confer even basic health benefits (30 minutes' moderate to vigorous physical activity on at least five days a week - or the equivalent).
Changes in food supply and eating habits, combined with a dramatic fall in physical activity, have made obesity a global epidemic.
"It's simply unacceptable that the overwhelming majority of our young women are leaving school with dangerously low levels of physical activity, " said WSFF chief executive Sue Tibbals.
She said it was also important to remember that regular physical activity combined with a diet high in fruit and vegetables and low in saturated fat was still the best way to combat high cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Researchers found that higher levels of physical activity were associated with less brain atrophy, or shrinkage, and less brain damage.
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Self-monitoring of diet and physical activity is associated with weight loss success and can be performed conveniently using handheld devices.
They show that significant physical activity can help with weight loss, and that it has the added bonus of making you healthier in general.
With so much activity focused on physical wellness, it seemed that psychological wellness, which is arguably at the core of all health, was not being addressed.
The effect of this tardiness has been to put physical activity in reverse gear compared with population trends and advances in tobacco and alcohol control and diet.
Despite this caveat the findings are concerning, and they underscore the importance of screening children and teenagers for obesity, and referring them to specialized care if needed, says lead researcher Ashleigh May, an epidemiologist with the CDC's division of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity.
Obese and overweight patients with mild to moderate hypertriglyceridemia be treated with lifestyle therapy, including dietary counseling, and physical-activity programs to achieve weight reduction.
This suggests that there is still a downward trend in physical activity and public transport use among people with free bus passes and those without.
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In addition to the health risks associated with an inactive lifestyle, including diabetes and obesity, physical activity has been shown to lower anxiety and stress, and fight depression.
Again, transferring a traditional activity of reading with your children from a physical book to duplicating that experience digitally, complete with touch, topped with interactivity with the page, words and sound.
But, perhaps surprisingly, only one of these differences, that in physical activity, proved to have a significant relationship with lymphocyte production.
With what we now know, public health guidelines should address both physical activity and physical inactivity, according to public health researchers.
Physical activity was rated on a six-point scale with the lowest being "moving only in connection with necessary household chores, " to heavy exercise or a competitive sport several times a week.
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So I asked the third grade teachers to begin working with me to change the traditional Valentine treats from candy to a physical activity party while learning more about the heart.
Training for and participating in vigorous physical activity, such as a marathon, is usually associated with positive health outcomes.
Their life included a mix of physical activity, family involvement, travel and volunteer work, with the possibility of some part time work to feel productive.
In terms of physical activity, 39% of adults met the recommended levels, with more men (45%) taking exercise that women (33%).
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They play with children in pediatric units, help kids learn to read, promote fitness and physical activity, and so much more.
Poor diet and insufficient physical activity are two key factors in the modern rise of obesity rates, with genetics a surprisingly minimal contributor to weight gain.
This feature also is designed to capture your personal sleep activity, in keeping with trends of growing companies like Fitbit, Jawbone Up and Lark that measure sleep or physical activity.
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