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Study identifies socioeconomic disparities in Japanese teens’ fitness behaviors before and COVID-19

A study conducted by Assistant Professor KYAN Akira (Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto University; while conducting the study, Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University) and Professor TAKAKURA Minoru (Health Promotion and Development/School Health Division, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus) found for the first time that socioeconomic inequality in achieving recommended physical activity degrees among Japanese youth was greater, while the difference in breakfast consumption decreased the risk of COVID-19. 19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic degrees.

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