Schools should make exercise 'core' subject, U.S. panel urges

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Schools should make exercise 'core' subject, U.S. panel urges

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/schools-exercise-core-subject-u-panel-urges-173144252.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbkEDbd2y6wg2Rpvuo3gAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T173144Z_1_CBRE94M1COZ00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Students at Rose Hill Elementary School jump around doing a counting exercise that is also aerobic exercise in their classroom in Commerce City" align="left" title="Students at Rose Hill Elementary School jump around doing a counting exercise that is also aerobic exercise in their classroom in Commerce City" border="0" /></a>By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools need to boost efforts to get students moving, and make gym class as critical as other core subjects if they want to increase test scores as well as students' general well-being, a leading group of health advisers said on Thursday. The Institute of Medicine called for younger students to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day in school and older students 45 minutes, with at least half that time spent moving vigorously. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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