UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND

Study links childhood inactivity with heart enlargement, finds light activity could reverse effects

​For the study, the researchers followed nearly 1,700 children from the UK's University of Bristol's 'Children of the 90s cohort' from age 11 until 24 years. At the start of the study, the children spent about six hours a day performing sedentary activities, which increased to nine hours a day as they became young adults.