Duncan S. Buchan, Stewart Ollis, John D. Young, Non E. Thomas Stephen-Mark Tephen, Mark Cooper , Tom K. Tong, Jinlei Nie, Robert M. Malina, and Julien S. Baker

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Purpose: This article examines the effects of brief, intense exercise in comparison with traditional endurance exercise on both novel and traditional markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in youth.

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Conclusions: Brief, intense exercise is a time efficient means for improving CVD risk factors in adolescents.

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IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Pull your offspring away from the T.V or video games and get them to exert in some physical activity that entails hard-effort even if it is only for a brief period of time..