Young girls with lots of friends are more physically active than those with few, new research has found.
For each additional friend a child has, she spends an extra ten minutes being physically active at the weekend, research funded by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) found.
An extra friend was also associated with almost four extra minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity after school, research into the health of boys and girls in the years between primary and secondary school showed.
But the link between friend numbers and exercise was only noticed in girls, suggesting stronger friendship associations for girls than boys,... read more