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Another contributor to teen obesity is that teens do not exercise on campus. One study examined the physical activity levels in boys and girls in Southern California middle schools and found that teens do not participate in physical activity on campus. Researchers reported that only 30 percent of boys and 8 percent of girls used [...]

Physical activity is vastly underused for the management of diabetes, and health professionals should emphasize the importance of physical activity for their patients and clients who have the disease, according to the new American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) official Position Stand on Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes.