Primary school where the children are made to run a mile every day has NO overweight pupils - and their behaviour is better too
- St Ninians school in Stirling, Scotland, has run the scheme for four years
- Hundreds of other primaries across Britain have since adopted the scheme
- A campaign has now been launched to persuade all schools to introduce it
- One in 10 children are obese when they start school at the age of four or five but a third of children are considered overweight or obese when leave
A
primary school where children are made to run a mile every day has
proved so successful in tackling obesity it could soon be introduced
nationwide.
Teachers
at St Ninians school in Stirling have sent pupils out for the daily run
for the last four years and claim it has improved their behaviour as
well as their fitness.
Given
the popularity of the scheme, a campaign has now been launched to
persuade all primary schools across the UK to copy the model.
Children at St Ninians school in Stirling run for a mile every day - the
scheme could soon be introduced across all primary schools in the
United Kingdom 
Five hundred other primaries across Britain have already adopted the scheme as part of their drive to cut childhood obesity.
Daily
miles are now run in schools in London, Gateshead, Wales and other
parts of Scotland, with 30 schools in Stirling alone taking part.
They were also joined by proud headteacher of St Ninians, Elaine Wyllie, who started the scheme at her Stirling primary.
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