Here’s another benefit to being active. A new report from the New York City school system shows elementary- and middle-school students who are physically fit do better academically than their out-of-shape classmates. The study found students in the top third of the school system’s fitness scale had higher math and reading scores on average than students in the bottom third.
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But what about in the movies where the stereotypical chubby, geeky, math whiz science nerd is doing lab experiments in his parents garage and the athletic, physical specimen of a jock threatens the chubby geek into doing his homework?
Who are we gonna believe, people!? A cool Hollywood movie or the New York City school system????
Guess I need to go for a jog before editing. Maybe that’ll help me catch *all* the mistakes *before* the last minute.
Leigh Ann Otte
Managing Editor
My Family Doctor magazine