StrayMoggie t1_j9ovn97 wrote
Reply to comment by Stranger2306 in Research suggests that school-based physical activity intervention, by way of increasing physical exercise classes to daily during school, is successful in reducing childhood obesity. Scientists found that obesity was reversed after 3 years. by Wagamaga
But aren't the reading and math scores still abysmal?
Stranger2306 t1_j9oybwu wrote
Oh yeah. And that's a long discussion.
But I'd def argue that "killing and drilling" math by hurting overall variety in curriculum is causing more harm than good.
StrayMoggie t1_j9p0yzs wrote
It feels that the system is trying so hard to improve math scores that they change the teaching method every few years.
InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j9p4lmp wrote
You need to exercise for your brain to work properly. So the reason for bad reading and maths scores is partly due to not enough exercise.
West_Flounder2840 t1_j9tfr4x wrote
Would love to see a study correlating intelligence with bmi
InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j9tgxts wrote
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>There was a negative association between IQ and obesity in the UK population.
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>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lim2.11
The main causal link between intelligence and bmi, is that less intelligent people are more likely to do things that make them overweight/obese.
edit: Here also showing a negative correlation between BMI and years of education.
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