GIRLS are storing up health problems for the future because they do not get
enough exercise when they are young, says Neil Armstrong of the Children’s
ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ and Exercise Research Centre at the University of Exeter. He says that by
the age of 5 or 6, girls already exercise less than boys.
The chief problem is that parents are far too protective of girls, Armstrong
told a conference on women’s health at the Royal Society of Medicine in London
this week. “It’s certainly not a physiological reason,” he says. “Even at
crawling age they’re allowing boys to be more adventurous…
