Inactive kids and chronic fatigue syndrome

Children who have sedentary lifestyles have a higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in later life. Contrary to previous beliefs that high levels of exercise increase the risk, recent research has found that sedentary children are at greatest risk of developing CFS later. Researchers from the University College Medical School, UK analysed data from 16,567 subjects who were regularly monitored from infancy until the age of 30 years. They found that the risk of CFS was significantly increased in females as opposed to males, with high social class in childhood, and with a long-standing medical condition in childhood. Children who were sedentary at the age of 10 were about twice as likely to develop CFS and those who played more sport in their spare time had a lower risk. There was no association between risk of later CFS and factors such as maternal psychological disorder, psychological problems in childhood, academic ability, allergic tendencies, birth weight, birth order or obesity. The above findings go against previous observations that have implicated stressful events, high academic achievement and higher levels of exercise as factors in development of CFS.

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