... has increased significantly because of the lack of healthy nutrition and failure to increase exercise time for school-aged children. The time for action is now, and it needs to begin immediately. Our future is at stake. Whispers of "red rover, red rover, let Sara come over" echo hauntingly from the past within seldom used playgrounds. Students and teachers today are ... on a modified recess time limit. The state required period slotted for recess is strictly twenty minutes. That duration also includes the lining up and walking to and from the playground area. At the very least, students...

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... nerve cells are not stimulated these connections will remain weak and could eventually disappear. (cite) As a child begins to interact with their environment in different ways their visual nerve cells begin to learn and connect. This can be observed through the study of the development of a child's depth perception. Depth perception is the ability to judge distances between different objects and ... is important for every day motor activities such as walking. (cite) When a child first learns to crawl many new mothers have reported that their child seems fearless of the dangers of things...

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