The New Zealand Herald – Jamie Morton
” Ensuring children get plenty of exercise can combat the long-term “programming” effects of a high-fat diet, world-first findings by Kiwi researchers show. A new study by scientists from the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland found that bone retains a “memory” of exercise’s effects long after the exercise is ceased, which continued to change the way the body metabolises a high-fat diet. The new insights were made particularly important by rising rates of child obesity in New Zealand, and the urgent need to understand what this would mean for long-term bone health.” (more)