Getting ripped may benefit your mind as well as your body. Recently, administrators at Legacy Charter School enlisted the help of Furman University researcher Julian Reed, M.D., to help get their students more active and found that exercise seemed to not only improve the children's strength, but their cognitive abilities as well.
"We all want to see healthier kids," said Reed, a professor of health sciences at Furman. "A growing body of research is showing that improved physical fitness puts children in better position for academic achievement."
Legacy is the only school in its area to offer 45 minutes of daily exercise for each pupil. They brought in Reed to see if their investment in physical activity has payed off. Students experienced a 59 percent increase in cognitive measure and a 90 percent improvement in physical fitness, which is particularly important considering the growing issue of childhood obesity.
This suggests that schools that are cutting fitness programs to save money may want to reconsider, especially if it means that staying fit will not only make for healthier kids, but smarter as well.
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