Research Reveals It Takes Only Seven Minutes a Day to Keep Kids
in Shape Prying your children away from their video game
consoles and getting them to play outside for an hour might be
somewhat of a task, but a new study suggests that all you have
to do is keep them active for seven minutes to keep them healthy
and physically fit. According to researchers at Canada’s
Manitoba Institute of Child Health, children who involve
themselves in physically demanding activity for seven minutes at
a time receive more health benefits than if they were to
exercise at seemingly normal pace for an hour. Researchers say
that the results from this type of short burst exercise can
benefit all children, regardless of their diet, mainly because
specific enzymes are released during high intensity exercise
that have positive affects on the body’s metabolism. Study
experts also believe that short burst, high intensity workouts
can be beneficial to adults and should become a regular part of
their everyday lives.