Outdoor exercise: the science that shows why kids should be allowed to keep playing sport

The Telegraph – Anne Gulland and Jennifer Rigby

With the suspension of outdoor children’s sport the government risks scoring a terrible own goal. From Thursday, children will only be able to play sport as part of school lessons and all hockey, netball, rugby and football clubs will have to blow the whistle on the next four weeks unless they have a formal child care function. But there is a clear scientific case to be made for overturning the ban.

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