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  • Study: Preschoolers with higher cardiorespiratory fitness do better on cognitive tests

    The researchers stand indoors in a brick atrium.

    Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Naiman Khan, left, doctoral student Shelby Keye and their colleagues found a positive association between cardiorespiratory fitness and cognition in preschool-age children.

    Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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  • Editor’s notes

    To reach Shelby Keye, email skeye2@illinois.edu.
    To reach Naiman Khan, email nakhan2@illinois.edu.

    The paper “Six-minute walking test performance relates to neurocognitive abilities in preschoolers” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.

    DOI: 10.3390/jcm10040584