Education News – Grace Smith
“A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry has found that young adults who spent hours in front of the television and who are not getting enough physical activity time had a tendency to have lower cognitive function as measured by standardized tests when they became middle aged…Many studies have shown that those who are living sedentary lives can be hurting their bodies. Now, the increasing evidence from this research, partially funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, shows that being a TV watcher for many hours a day earlier in your life may result in brain impairment as well…The study’s author, Tina D. Hoang of the Northern California Institute for Research and Education at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco, said: “Being physically active at any time in your life is good for your brain.””(more)