Researchers from the Medical College of the Georgia School of Medicine enrolled 208 participants, ages 7 to 11 years old, in a two-month aerobic exercise program. Other participants did not exercise and became part of a control group. Both groups took the Pediatric Anger Expression test before and after the study.
According to lead researcher Dr. Catherine Davis, "aerobic exercise may be an effective way to help overweight children reduce anger expression and aggressive behaviors," such as hitting, slamming doors, etc.
Dr. Davis plans to perform another study on the effect of exercise on cognitive skills.
This study appears in Pediatric Exercise Science.
Labels: exercise, aggression, anger
Posted By: Aspen Education Group
