The Springs Advertiser – Staff Writer
Kids these days are not as active as we were in our childhood. They don’t play as much as we did and would instead rather watch Netflix and You Tube, play games on the Play Station or be on their phones all day, every day. The restrictions during the first hard lockdown made things even worse because no one could walk and jog and children couldn’t join their parents while exercising. Research from McMaster University found that physical activity in early childhood may have an impact on cardiovascular health later in life. Nicole Proudfoot, a graduate student in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University and lead author on the study says, “Many of us tend to think cardiovascular disease hits in older age, but arteries begin to stiffen when we are very young.” This is why exercise is important for children.
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