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Daniel Allen Freelance writer

Don't bother swapping your doughnuts for dumb-bells

It's a fact that gravity doesn't apply to children. They bounce around like astronauts with nothing but the weight of parental disapproval to tether them. But as you get older, the laws of physics kick in and before you know it your feet are encased in concrete socks and muscle tone begins slugging it out with gravity.

Nursing Standard. 14, 21, 23-23. doi: 10.7748/ns.14.21.23.s37

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