The number of children classified as overweight or obese has risen in recent years. Being overweight in childhood often leads to being overweight as an adult, increasing the risk of health problems such as heart disease and cancer. The difficulty is in knowing what to do about the problem.

One area that’s being studied is whether children get less exercise than they used to, and if so, whether increasing the amount of physical education they have at school can improve the situation.

This latest study compared children who had the standard, legally required three PE lessons of 45 minutes each week, with children who had five lessons a week plus extra short bursts of activity during the day and at home. The study was done in Switzerland, with classes of children being randomly assigned to one or other group.

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