The Daily Mail – Sam Blanchard
Children are becoming taller and heavier but are getting weaker and more unfit at a faster rate than ever, research has found. A study of 10-year-olds in Essex over the past 16 years discovered children now are on average 20 per cent less muscular and have 30 per cent less endurance than in 1998. The same children had not become fatter but experts warned they are still unhealthy because they don’t do enough exercise and lead lazier lifestyles. (more)