Feeling left out could lead kids to opt out of physical activity
Ryan Barkley, 7, participates in a research study conducted by his father, Jacob Barkley, an assistant professor of exercise physiology at Kent State University. The research is studying the effects of the presence or absence of a single friend or a group of friends on an individual child. In this particular part of the study, he is playing alone. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
