This can in turn affect academic achievement, according to researchers at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Education.
The study’s authors suggest that giving every child the opportunity to take part in certain types of physical activity, like swimming and ball sports, could help close the achievement gap between the wealthy and the less advantaged.
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They analysed data from more than 4,000 children in England captured at three stages during childhood and adolescence: ages seven, 11 and 14.
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