HEalth Issue: Inactivity to childhood obesity...

Inactivity does not lead to childhood obesity London: Obesity may lead to inactivity, but inactivity does not lead to obesity, says a new study.       A new report from the Early Bird diabetes study suggests that physical activity has little, if any. role to play in the obesity epidemic among children. Obesity is the key factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. Early Biird is based at the Peninsula Medical School inPlymouth in Britain and has been observing in detail a group of school children for 11 years. A review published in 2009 about the trials using physical activity to reduce childhood aoesity showed weight loss amounting tojust 90 grams over three years.        The study wanted to know why the trials were so ineffective. So they challenged some popular paradigms. It is well known that less active children are fatter, but that does not mean - as most people assume - nthat inactivity leads to fatness.