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The more versatile and varied the outdoor environment is, the longer children will stay outside, and the more physically active they will be. This can in turn contribute to slimmer waistlines. When a research team in Sweden compared children at nine different preschools, they discovered that the longer the children played in high-quality outdoor environments—meaning places with plenty of trees, shrubs, rocks, and hills—the more likely they were to have a normal body mass index and the less likely they were to be overweight.
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Linda McGurk
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There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather
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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.
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