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Teaching your little ones about the importance of physical activity early may be one of the greatest life lessons they ever receive. In an April 2008 study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, researchers studied 389 children between the ages of 7 and 10, measuring height, body mass, body-fat percentage, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. When the adolescents were examined again seven years later, the kids who developed metabolic syndrome ( a precursor to diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions) were six times more likely to have had low aerobic fitness as children.

This study provides just one more reason for encouraging kids to be active from the get-go. After all, their health depends on it.