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University of Georgia

Michael Schmidt, University of Georgia

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Michael Schmidt, UGA kinesiology professor, along with his collaborators at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research in Hobart, Australia, and the George Institute for Global Health at Oxford University, have found that higher aerobic fitness in childhood, independent of abdominal fat, reduced the risk of developing metabolic syndrome in early adulthood by 36 percent compared to those with lower childhood fitness levels.

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