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A MOBILE gym for children as young as three is helping schools win the obesity battle.
A six-week pilot found the body mass index of overweight six-year-olds was reduced after just two 40-minute sessions a week using the equipment.
Children were supervised through a fitness programme using child-size treadmills, bikes, rowing machines, steppers and twisters.
Before the study the average BMI of the children was around 18.5 - between 17.4 and 19.7 is classed as overweight.
The average BMI was reduced to 17.9 after 6 weeks.
Two groups of children at St Dominic's Primary in Airdrie were assessed; 21 in P2 and 20 in P7.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...-children-win-obesity-battle-134341n.21953914
A six-week pilot found the body mass index of overweight six-year-olds was reduced after just two 40-minute sessions a week using the equipment.
Children were supervised through a fitness programme using child-size treadmills, bikes, rowing machines, steppers and twisters.
Before the study the average BMI of the children was around 18.5 - between 17.4 and 19.7 is classed as overweight.
The average BMI was reduced to 17.9 after 6 weeks.
Two groups of children at St Dominic's Primary in Airdrie were assessed; 21 in P2 and 20 in P7.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...-children-win-obesity-battle-134341n.21953914