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Healthy -- or Unhealthy -- Childhood Habits Could Shape Adult Habits

A person's strength and cardiovascular fitness in adulthood may be traced back to behaviors established during childhood, according to a new University of Georgia study. The study found that healthy or unhealthy exercise habits in adolescence, starting as early as age 11, may set the stage for physical health later in life. "Not only is this polarization happening, but it continues," said Sami Yli-Piipari, corresponding author of the study and an associate professor in the UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education.

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