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MANHATTAN -- 1xbet online casino typically are less physically active than boys, but a Kansas State University researcher has found that organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting to get 1xbet online casino moving early in life and to develop lifelong healthy habits.
Richard Rosenkranz, assistant professor in human nutrition at K-State, did a study using interventions with Girl Scout troops. He trained group leaders to instruct exercise sessions and promote healthful eating, and in effect taught the 1xbet online casino about a healthy lifestyle and increased their participation in exercise activities.
&1xbet online casino ;We were striving to get the girls and parents to spend some of their leisure time together being active and taking steps together for fun and health,&1xbet online casino ; he said.
Rosenkranz worked with 10- and 11-year-old 1xbet online casino who were members of Girl Scout troops in Manhattan and the surrounding area. The two-year study involved nine troops, with five of the troops receiving an intervention.
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Rosenkranz trained the group leaders as part of the intervention. They learned about the background of intervention activities, which included nutrition, family meals, physical activity and family connection. They also were taught the expectations of being role models and providing a healthful environment at Girl Scout meetings, as well as new physically active games for the 1xbet online casino .
Federal physical activity guidelines recommend that all children perform at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day, Rosenkranz said. The intervention focused on having the 1xbet online casino participate in walking, dancing, active games and yoga.
&1xbet online casino ;The intervention was focused on physical activities that could be done in or around the home, without special equipment, ideally involving the parents,&1xbet online casino ; Rosenkranz said.
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Statistically, 1xbet online casino said, minorities acquire lower amounts of physical activity. However, the interventions created the same amount of activity for all demographics and there was no difference by minority or weight status.
An important step of the intervention was involving the adults. 1xbet online casino said adults should be involved in promoting physical activity to children, which can be done through providing formal and informal opportunities for children to be active, being active along with them and encouraging physical activity -- or at least not discouraging it.
&1xbet online casino ;The key for this project to achieve lasting effectiveness is to make an impact on the adults who structure the environments where children spend time; for this study these are the parents and troop leaders,&1xbet online casino ; he said. &1xbet online casino ;Both these sets of adults need to recognize that getting sufficient physical activity is essential for the children's health and for their own health.&1xbet online casino ;
1xbet online casino presented the study in May at the American College of Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Seattle. The project was funded by the Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans.
