Could eliminating standard time lead to healthier kids?

What's the secret to getting kids to be more active so they can stay healthy or even get ripped as they get older? According to research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine keeping the clocks forward year-round could lead to children getting more exercise. 

Scientists found that daylight is the most important factor determining if kids are going to go outside and play. The researchers monitored the physical activity level of children between the ages of 8 and 11 and came to the conclusion that kids will still play in bad weather - as long as it's light out.

"This represents the most direct evidence yet that (at least at some points of the year) redistributing daylight hours to the afternoon might prove an effective population-level intervention to promote child physical activity," said researcher Anna Goodman, M.D.

Although the study was conducted in the UK, these findings could have implications in the U.S., especially as the country continues to struggle with a childhood obesity epidemic.