In Reply We appreciate the comments from Brooks et al, who offer perspectives on youth weight lifting in response to our article “Physical Activity in Children.” As our article noted, children should engage in many types of activities, which importantly includes weight-bearing exercise. We appreciate these authors’ insights on the specifics of weight lifting in children, where they note that “well-designed weight lifting programs have no apparent negative effect on linear growth,” and encourage consensus in this area. We could not agree more.
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