11-22-2019, 12:55 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019...-warns-who
More than 80% of adolescents worldwide are not active enough, putting their health at risk by sitting focused on a screen rather than running about, say World Health Organization (WHO) researchers.
The proportion of insufficiently active girls in 27 countries rose to more than 90% in 2016, the latest year for which figures are available. There was a significant gender gap, with girls lagging behind boys in physical activity, in all but four countries – Afghanistan, Samoa, Tonga and Zambia.
The WHO says the situation is serious and that urgent action must be taken to get adolescents moving, with inactivity jeopardising their current and future health. “Urgent policy action … is needed now, particularly to promote and retain girls’ participation in physical activity,” says study author Dr Regina Guthold.
Adolescents are recommended to do an hour’s moderate to vigorous physical activity a day, including walking or cycling to school and playing games.
Well, I know I never did an hour of exercise a day when I was a teenager... and that was in the days before smartphones were widespread . I wouldn't have been alone either: some of the boys would've got this from playing football, but I wasn't really into that.
Question is, can schools do much about this? There's only so much that can be done without cutting into the time available for academic activities, after all...
More than 80% of adolescents worldwide are not active enough, putting their health at risk by sitting focused on a screen rather than running about, say World Health Organization (WHO) researchers.
The proportion of insufficiently active girls in 27 countries rose to more than 90% in 2016, the latest year for which figures are available. There was a significant gender gap, with girls lagging behind boys in physical activity, in all but four countries – Afghanistan, Samoa, Tonga and Zambia.
The WHO says the situation is serious and that urgent action must be taken to get adolescents moving, with inactivity jeopardising their current and future health. “Urgent policy action … is needed now, particularly to promote and retain girls’ participation in physical activity,” says study author Dr Regina Guthold.
Adolescents are recommended to do an hour’s moderate to vigorous physical activity a day, including walking or cycling to school and playing games.
Well, I know I never did an hour of exercise a day when I was a teenager... and that was in the days before smartphones were widespread . I wouldn't have been alone either: some of the boys would've got this from playing football, but I wasn't really into that.
Question is, can schools do much about this? There's only so much that can be done without cutting into the time available for academic activities, after all...
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