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Lack of Exercise for Children

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Erin Beck

Children are increasingly becoming less active. Lack of physical activity in childhood leads to increased risk of being overweight or obese in adulthood, as well as obesity-related health problems.

Erin Beck began writing professionally in 2008 as an opinion columnist for the West Virginia University student newspaper, "The Daily Athenaeum." She has worked in health promotion at the university and as a communications intern at the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She has a Bachelor of Science in journalism and a Master of Public Health, both from West Virginia University.