To all my teacher friends and followers: please share with your principals, school psychologists, and admins: Last year a very similar study in the Journal of Attention Disorders found that just 26 minutes of daily physical activity for eight weeks significantly allayed ADHD symptoms in grade-school kids. The modest conclusion of the study was that physical activity shows promise for addressing ADHD symptoms in young children. The researchers went on to write that this finding should be carefully explored with further studies. If physical activity is established as an effective intervention for ADHD, they continued, it will also be important to address possible complementary effects of physical activity and existing treatment strategies ... Which is a kind of phenomenal degree of reservation compared to the haste with which millions of kids have been introduced to amphetamines and other stimulants to address said ADHD. The number of prescriptions increased from 34.8 to 48.4 million between 2007 and 2011 alone. The pharmaceutical market around the disorder has grown to several billion dollars in recent years while school exercise initiatives have enjoyed no such spoils of entrepreneurialism. But, you know, once there is more research, it may potentially be advisable to consider possibly implementing more exercise opportunities for kids.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:38:16 +0000
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