Re: India: Three Year Old Runs Marathon Distances

In sci.anthropology.paleo message
news:43727645.E3188B5C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by Rich Travsky
<traRvEsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> . . . :

>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4421446.stm
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> Officials in India's eastern Orissa state fear a three-year-old
> who has become famous for running marathon distances is being
> exploited.
>
> Budhia Singh, who recently ran 60km (33 miles) in six and a
> half hours, has appeared in a spate of TV commercials.
>
> The state government says it also fears the long distances may
> be damaging the boy's heart and lungs.
> ...

As oppossed to sitting in school drinking sodas and snarfing snack
cakes and potato chips?
.