{"id":2220,"date":"2010-12-09T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/dont-buy-learning-tapes-buy-a-bike.html"},"modified":"2016-08-12T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:39:11","slug":"dont-buy-learning-tapes-buy-a-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2220","title":{"rendered":"Don’t buy “learning tapes”. Buy a bike."},"content":{"rendered":"
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You’re going to laugh. Get ready … when I was a kid, I actually rode a unicycle from my house to the school, through Junior High School. <\/span>

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(please pass this article to parents, and whiny kids who would rather sit than move) <\/span>
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I know, I know, it confirms every sneaking suspicion about me!! I guess that’s why I love this research finding: <\/span>

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Girls who walk or bike to school instead of getting a ride perform better in tests of verbal and math skills, according to a new study of teens. <\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/span>And the longer the commute, the higher the test scores<\/b><\/i>, regardless of how much exercise girls got outside of school.<\/span>

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This is an easy solution, and it has nothing to do with walking to school. It has everything to do with giving the teen brain exactly what it needs — physical stimulation with simple, regular, daily movement. <\/div>\n
When you move your bottom through space, it increases blood flow to the brain. What does the butt-to-brain connection mean? It results in better concentration, better memory (and WHAT do teens need more than that??), and other key factors associated with learning.<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, a large study of urban teens suggested those who exercise more outside of school do better on cognitive tests.<\/div>\n

You can get them some cool learning apps for their handheld electronics and their couch-planting games, but it’s not helping their brains, their attention, or their lives. <\/span>

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Girls who walk, bike to school do better in tests | Reuters<\/a><\/div>\n
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