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Does anyone know of any studies on the long term health of children who go through programs like this? I see this sentiment a lot, and can even think of annecd
by gibspaulding 3y ago
Does anyone know of any studies on the long term health of children who go through programs like this? I see this sentiment a lot, and can even think of annecdotes of people this describes in my own life, but haven't seen much attempt at quantifying it.
A quick search is just showing studies on sports participation and children's health while they are still children (which seems to be resoundingly positive).
- cornholio 3y agoI don't know how you would even approach that due to the huge selection bias. Any kind of relevant metric, such as future injury of health, academic success in a non-sports-scolarship program, future propensity to crime etc etc. are strongly influenced if you simply are the kind of person that is likely to enroll into sports.