Fitness: The more kids exercise, the better they learn

Ask any teacher and they will tell you that kids are more focused after recess. Bodies that move are bodies more equipped to learn. Yet 73 per cent of the average school day is spent sitting, despite an overwhelming amount of data demonstrating that active kids have active minds.
Most schools point to recess and physical-education classes as opportunities for kids to be active at school, a model that hasn’t changed much since our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents sat behind