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Topic: Childhood Obesity News - The battle against obesity must begin in childhood - Vancouver Sun

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Today, one in five children is overweight, 15% of children and adolescents aged six to nine are seriously overweight and more than 10% of preschool children between ages two and five are in the same category. Rather than contributing to injuries as was previously thought, resistance training has been reported to be safe for children and to potentially decrease the incidence and severity of sport injuries. Currently, most accredited health organizations, including the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) and the U. It is conclusive that the benefits include increasing the muscular strength of children and improvements in muscular endurance, body composition, self-confidence and sports performance. Read Childhood Obesity

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