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Globe and Mail: Ten rules for raising active girls

April 30, 2015 — 

The Globe and Mail‘s article on physical activity levels and gender relies on the research of Dean Kriellaars, professor at the University of Manitoba’s College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

Kriellaars, the newspaper notes, has found that a huge divergence in skills between boys and girls emerges as early as Grade 4. According to his research, of all the fundamental skills, girls only outperformed boys at skipping.

 

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