There is a significant connection between increased physical activity in children and decreased upper respiratory tract infections.
In other words, the more active children are, the less likely they are to get sick.
This observation is based on clinical research done by a team of Polish scientists.
Their study, “Association of low physical activity with higher respiratory tract infections frequency among pre-school children,” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatric Research in January 2023.
The More Active, the Better The Polish researchers designed the study to examine two groups of children, all between the ages of four and seven years old.
One hundred and four children total were enrolled in the study. Their average age was 5.3 years old….