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Vegetarian Times, May, 2004

Children as young as 3 years of age are turning into couch potatoes, spending as little as 25 minutes per day--less than half the recommended time--in physical activities, researchers from the University of Glasgow have found. Commenting on their research, published in the January 17, 2004 issue of The Lancet, lead researcher John J.

Reilly, PhD, a specialist in developmental medicine at Glasgow's department of human nutrition, said that preschoolers "are as inactive as many office workers," increasing their risk of obesity.