Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Even healthy weight boys have become less fit over the past 20 years, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Vienna, Austria (23-26 May). The study, which tested the aerobic fitness of normal and obese 11-year-old boys from Malaga, Spain in 1996 and again in 2016, highlights the need for a shift in focus towards child fitness and away from just their weight. (more)