Children & Physical Activity

Physical activity is extremely important for a healthy lifestyle. Children should be out running and playing each day! That's why they need to have recess in school so that they can remain active, not just to give them a break from being taught. Physical education is so important in schools and it needs to remain a main course for all students! There has been a rapid decrease in the activity level of children in the last couple decades and it's still declining. This is mostly due to the big boom of electronics. Kids can now have fun right at home sitting down not moving anything but their fingers now.

Kids should be outside having snow ball fights, riding their bikes, skateboarding, playing sports or playing on a playground. Kid's don't need to be working out but they definitely need to remain active! According to Sports Illustrated For Kids 64% of active teens and young teens believe that being healthy and physically active is extremely important, compared to 44% of non-active kids. Respondents were asked to choose the group to which they belong.

Three quarters of the active respondents 75% say they are physically active enough, while fewer than half 47% of the non-active respondents say so. The survey shows that 40% of non-active teens report being overweight. Only two in 10 of the active respondents believe they are overweight. So as you can see physical activity is really important and we should all work to promote fun physical activity in the life's of children. We need to work to establish a healthy lifestyle at a young age so that when they get older they are already engaged in living healthy.