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Title: Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish (AP)
Post by: riky on July 15, 2008, 10:42:23 PM
Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080715/capt.6d682f8d17e34024bc028c847acc964e.couch_potato_kids_ny479.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=VxHT3emmt1jzEgT.J4TIlg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Mary Lee is shown chatting with friends online, Monday, July 14, 2008, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Among a nationwide group of about 1,000 American children followed for several years, 90 percent were physically active for at least two hours each weekday at age nine. But by age 15, that plummeted to less that 3 percent of kids. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_he_me/med_couch_potato_kids)AP - One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.</p><br clear="all"/>


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