Kids’ Physical Fitness May Reduce Their Risk Of Lung Disease, Study Finds

"The study, published on EurekAlert!, is the largest and first study of its kind. Researchers looked at 2,406 children from New Zealand and Denmark, who were divided in two groups that participated in physical fitness tests, according to HuffPost UK. Those in Denmark were tested when they were nine, 15, 21, and 29 on an exercise bike to see how much exercise they could do before tiring out. In New Zealand, children participated in the same test at ages 15, 26, 32, and 38. The results showed that children in better shape had better lung function and it improved as their fitness did, even into adulthood — especially in boys. Researchers' findings held up even when height, weight, asthma, and smoking were taken into consideration."