Having students engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity while learning improves their academic performance, cognition, and fitness more so than students who sit at their desks. Here with the details of a research study that produced these results is Professor Carlos Martín Martínez of King Juan Carlos University in Madrid.

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Over the past two decades, an overwhelming number of scientifically-validated, peer-reviewed studies have shown that physical exercise enhances brain function. A recent study shows that this also translates into improved intelligence or IQ in youth. Here with the details is Professor David Jiménez-Pavón, a researcher at the University of Cádiz in Spain.

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It is well established that exercising and being physically active is good for a person’s brain, body, and mental health. But there is also an added benefit that goes beyond individuals that has to do with the impact of physical activity on a macro, cultural level, to an entire society, including the relationship of public health, economics, and climate-change mitigation to cycling as an active form of transportation in France. Here with the details is Professor Kévin Jean, an epidemiologist in Health and Global Changes in the Department of Biology at École Normale Supérieure and a researcher at the Conservatoire National des Arts Et Métiers in Paris.

UP ON OUR FEET is a production of the American Sports Institute.