A new study says boosting students' levels of physical education improves their grades, HealthDay News reported.

Swedish researchers followed more than 200 schoolchildren. Some children were assigned to an intervention group that received physical education five days a week, plus extra training in motor-physical skills such as balance and coordination. The other children were assigned to a control group that received usual levels of physical education.

The study showed that 96 percent of students in the intervention group achieved grades that made them eligible to advance to upper-secondary school, compared with 89 percent of students in the control group.

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據《每日健康新聞》報道，最新研究稱，鼓勵學生多上體育課有助于他們提高學習成績。

瑞典科學家對200多名在校學生進行了跟蹤試驗。一部分學生被指定分到干預組，每周需要上5天體育課，此外還需要訓練身體運動技巧，如身體協調性和平衡性的鍛煉。剩下的同學被分到控制組，他們還和平常一樣上體育課。

研究結果表明，干預組有96%的學生取得了好成績，可以順利升初中，而控制組只有89%的學生。