Physical exercise force children to get fat

Sports can make a child more complete, not thin, as scientists have found. After intense exercise kids want replenish spent energy by means of sugary drinks and foods.

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Scientists at the US Medical Center Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that after intensive physical education   many children They consume far more calories than they managed to burn. This means that Sport makes children gain weight, not lose weight, as it was originally expected. In addition, very often after sports the children removed hunger and make up spent supply of energy by means of unhealthy foods.

Most parents are encouraged to refer to the physical education classes   in schools, because, in their view, exercise in the open air beneficial to the child's health and his weight. But the thing is, how many namely energy and calories to lose students, and how they then make up lost. The researchers observed a group of boys aged 8 to 11, took part in classroom baseball.

It was found that after playing most of the children consumed fried potatoes, sweet biscuits, pizza and soda, and other beverages, containing large amounts of sugar. Over 90% of these foods purchased children in school canteens. As shown by measuring the amount of spent in sports and the received calories children ate significantly more than burn, even taking into account the fact that in humans after physical activities burn calories faster. Therefore, sport contributed recruitment overweight And not losing weight children. (READ MORE)

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