Kids love the unstructured days of summer, but parents need to be sure children get moving during their summer holidays, a physical education expert says.
"I always encourage students to keep active in the summer," Martin Wurmlinger, a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles middle school, said in a news release from the University of California, Los Angeles.
"I stress just getting out and finding an activity that keeps them moving and raises heart rate levels," said Wurmlinger. He's affiliated with UCLA's Sound Body Sound Mind, an organization that fights childhood obesity and helps students develop healthy fitness habits.
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