Physically fit kids outperform peers in the classroom

Physically-fit children are officially brainier than their punier peers, new research has confirmed.

Physically fit kids outperform peers in the classroom

Scientists found that aerobically fit nine and 10-year-olds had denser regions of “white matter” in their brains.

White matter consists of bundles of nerve fibres, or axons, that connect different brain regions.

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