The effects of obesity on children can have a lasting effect on their future.

Improved creativity and social skill development.

Counteracting depression and anxiety – When children are anxious, they tend, just like adults, to focus on what is troubling them, which leads to heightened anxiety, creating a cyclical pattern. When they begin any kind of physical activity, their focus shifts to the demands of the activity itself. There is also the added benefit of acquiring new skills and experiencing a sense of accomplishment.

This philosophy, however, seems to be counter to what scientists are discovering about the effect of physical activity on the brain.

Basch concludes that schools may be the only place where health inequities can be addressed and that, if children's basic health needs are not met, they will struggle to learn regardless of the effectiveness of the instructional materials used.

The idea that healthy children learn better is empirically supported and well accepted

The evidence suggests students benefit from schools that offer a variety of enriching activities, including sports.

This may be true, but then again many low-achieving countries also lack school sports programs. There is no reason to believe that the academic success of students in South Korea or Finland has anything to do with the absence of school athletics rather than with some other feature of those countries.

Schools that offer more sports and field more successful teams produce higher test scores and graduation rates, research shows.

They are also fighting to prevent cuts in school-sponsored extracurricular activities such as band, debate and the arts. Why are sports on the chopping block when these other elements of a well-rounded education need to be preserved?

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offer more sports and field more successful teams produce higher test scores and graduation rates. So, there is no reason to believe that schools that emphasize sports do so at the expense of other educational goals.

Participating in sports, like playing in the school band or competing on the debate team, are cognitively and organizationally demanding activities that help convey self-discipline and leadership skills.

Kinesthetic learners have more difficulty comprehending material in educator-centered formats like lectures. Without physically interacting with the material, kinesthetic learners only retain the material on a surface level and often struggle to gain a deeper understanding of the information.

Kinesthetic learners learn and remember more information through touching, moving and doing.

As mentioned above, kinesthetic learners take study breaks more often to refocus and typically think more clearly when they can move.

Visual: Visual learners learn best by seeing information presented visually. Graphic displays like illustrations, diagrams, charts, videos and demonstrations are most effective for visual learners. They may color-code their notes and draw pictures to help themselves understand a topic. Auditory: Auditory or aural learners learn best by listening to information through conversation, recordings and music. Auditory learners often prefer quiet learning environments to listen intently without distractions. These learners may read aloud to themselves, use mnemonics to remember information, record notes rather than write them, talk one-on-one with a tutor, and listen to audiobooks and podcasts. Reading/writing: Some may learn and understand information most effectively when reading and writing about it. Readers often prefer using hand-written notes, making lists, summarizing what they read, highlighting important content, color coding, creating presentations and studying alone. Kinesthetic: Most kinesthetic learners approach learning with a trial-and-error method. The kinesthetic learning style involves lots of movement with physical demonstrations to keep the learner engaged. Kinesthetic learners often study and learn best in shorter bursts with breaks for movement.