Here’s a newsflash. Are you sitting down? A recent study has deduced that regular exercise seems to reduce anger expression in overweight but otherwise healthy children. No sh**, Sherlock. How much of a grant did you need to decide that?

The first published study on the matter took 208 sedentary 7-11 year olds and either stuck ‘em in a 10-15 week long afterschool aerobic exercise program or kept them on their inactive routine. They used before and after measurements taken on some mumbo jumbo invention called the Pediatric Anger Expression Scale, which is used to measure common anger expressions like hitting, slamming doors, and putting kittens in blenders.

“Exercise had a significant impact on anger expression in children,” said Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. “This finding indicates that aerobic exercise may be an effective strategy to help overweight kids reduce anger expression and aggressive behavior.”

I may be going out on a limb here but it seems to me that the lack of exercise may not be as much to blame as the fact they’re playing video games all freakin’ day and night. That’ll make anyone aggressive. Ever watched a kid with a video game? Even Super Mario turns them into wild dingos.

So, basically Davis is saying get them out of the house and make them run. That is perfect. Seriously. Run their little lard hienies into the ground and they won’t have enough energy left to act like hellions. Here’s a tip. Before you open a can of drill sergeant on the youngsters, take away their video games and turn off the television for a while.

The inspiration for this article was ScienceDaily.com. Click hereto read more about the study.

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