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Health and Physical Education has been proven to not only be positive for children’s physical and emotional health, but also with their mental health and intellectual learning capacities. A study that has come out of the US has shown that physical activity in children can help them with the development of their memory, learning and attention skills.There has been a call for more focus to be given to Health and Physical Education in early primary school and to continue throughout children’s education.
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Research out of the United States confirms that more physically active children have a greater learning capacity.
Researchers from Illinois University have proven that children who are more physically active have more ’white matter’ in their brains – a marker for better memory, learning and attention.
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