has become a social norm in Canada. In 2012 to 2013, 31% of children and 62% of adults were overweight or obese [1]. Obesity is associated with sedentarity [2], and almost three-quarters of children spend their recreational time engaged in sedentary activities that involve reading or screen time (e.g., watching TV and playing video games) [3]. In fact, the number of hours of screen time is associated with being overweight or obese in children and adolescents [2]. Childhood sedentarity is particularly
Physical Education: Not Just Walking the Dog A person might remember in elementary school a certified physical educator instructing the class, for example, on learning to run, balance, stretch, and climbing rope. Then, in spring, a big relay event would happen, and all the students were able to race, or show off the skills they learned through the year. At these events, every student won a prize, whether, first, second, third, or recognition of achievement for each race. Today, many people
exercise and physical activity have myriad positive effects and benefits on a person’s physical health. A similar concept to think about is the relationship between physical activity and mental health, specifically academic performance. Through my research of studies, trials, and reviews I believe that physical activity has a positive effect on academic performance, leading to higher grade point averages, achievement in post-compulsory education, and learning. To look at the effects of physical activity
Australian’s should put more effort into stopping declining fitness levels and it should start with our youth. The youth of this generation is lacking a healthy amount of physical activity; growing evidence shows that the occurrence of overweight and obesity is dramatically increasing in Australian children and adolescents. If more Australian's increased the amount of physical activity they did, and also decided to eat healthier then declining fitness levels would reduce. Australians would benefit from this
Asthma / Grant 1 Asthma in a Fitness/School Setting For some, the agony of asthma may be an affliction only during childhood; for others, the illness persists throughout adulthood. The least fortunate are those who fall mortal victims. Asthma can kill. Medical science can offer only temporary relief at best. The deviousness of the disease defies almost all attempts at discovering a cure. Asthma can be mild; it can be devastating. Sometimes the symptoms disappear for many years but surface again
of education has become focused on standardized testing and other forms of academic assessment. Due to this new focus classes involving the arts and physical education have been cut drastically in order to make more time for traditional subjects like math and science. A New York Times article which focused on the ever growing trend of cutting physical education classes quoted a teacher, “There is shrinking P.E. and recess time for our kids, P.E. teachers are fighting like cats and dogs to hold the
net/profile/Kathleen_Janz/publication/12406709_Tracking_physical_fitness_and_physical_activity_from_childhood_to_adolescence_the_muscatine_study/links/02bfe50ddb51f02266000000.pdf Introduction The prevalence of obesity and being overweight in all ages, specifically children and teenagers is higher than ever in all age, sex and ethnic groups (Sothern). Obesity is when a person has a Body Mass Index, their BMI, which falls within the 95 percentile and above in their age group. For a person who is overweight, their BMI
Physical development of children correlates to other areas of development, for example, fine and gross motor and results in healthy development of the brain. A teacher should observe and assess the development of the learners’ fine-motor coordination and gross-motor developmental milestones during outdoor play. However, children grow at different rates, which is an indication that a child may regress in a skill or reach a milestone earlier than another. Therefore, teachers should use the developmental
have all increased. The increasing numbers of these chronic diseases closely correlate with increased rates of obesity. Every year this growing epidemic progressively victimizing society’s youngest people – our children. Obesity is currently one of the greatest concerns
technology and people, especially children, are constantly using it. A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development talks about how the increased screen time that children are having is linked with lower levels of activity (Santrock, 2016). Activity levels during childhood and the effects it has on physical development has been a focus recently with initiatives by people like Michael Obama and campaigns like the NFL’s Play 60. With obesity more than doubling in children and quadrupling in adolescents