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Move more, sit less, start younger
New federal guidelines say any exercise is beneficial to health
federal exercise guidelines
In this Thursday, April 25, 2013, file photo, elementary school third-graders run under a rainbow-colored tarp during the 15th annual Kansas Kids Fitness Day, in Hutchinson, Kan. New federal guidelines released on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, advise that children as young as age 3 should move more, sit less and get more active, and that any amount and any type of exercise helps health. (Aaron Marineau/The Hutchinson News via AP)
CHICAGO — Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health.
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