On Parenting

Like most parents, I send my child off to soccer practice thinking she's getting plenty of exercise. But that probably isn't true.

Only about 25 percent of children who play organized sports get the government-recommended 60 minutes of activity each day, according to new research in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The children studied were active for 45 minutes on average—which is not so bad—but the young athletes spent 30 minutes standing around or sitting during each practice.

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