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As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

4 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK School age boys and girls spend an average of 7–8 h a day being sedentary (ie, sitting).14 Much of ...