Children’s Brain Development Is Linked to Physical Fitness, Research Finds

Another reason why parents should get out there and encourage their kids to be active — it has a lifelong impact in more ways than we even know!

Researchers have found an association between physical fitness and the brain in 9- and 10-year-old children: Those who are more fit tend to have a bigger hippocampus and perform better on a test of memory than their less-fit peers.