Health : The Atlantic: Kids Today Take 90 Seconds Longer to Run a Mile Than Kids in the 1980s

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Kids Today Take 90 Seconds Longer to Run a Mile Than Kids in the 1980s Nov 20th 2013, 18:27, by James Hamblin (Boston Public Library / Flickr) Today at an international meeting held by the American Heart Association, Dr. Grant Tomkinson presented research that said cardiovascular endurance in children is declining by 5 percent every decade. Tomkinson, a senior lecturer at University of South Australia, looked at data from 1964 through 2010, from more than 25 million kids in 28 countries. Timed mile runs over the years, they say, are about a minute and a half slower than they were 30 years ago. "About 30 percent to 60 percent of the declines in endurance running performance can be explained by increases in fat mass," Tomkinson said, frankly. Now you know why you had to run a timed mile in gym class—international cross-generational fitness wars. Unfit youth have untoward health consequences as adults, which is tragic. Strive for equality of health-opportunity; exercise the children.

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