Physical Activity

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About 50% of all students report that physical education class time should be increased in the middle school.

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Fifty-four percent of students claim that their physical education class is very important to them.

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Thirty-six percent of middle school students say that they think that kids who exercise do better in school.

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About 42% of middle school students consider themselves more fit than their peers. Sixteen percent rate themselves as not as good.

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The two biggest reasons kids participate in sport and exercise are fun and socialization.

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Children exercise less as they get older, boys about 3% less each year; girls, 7.5%.

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Grade school students are 24% more active than high schoolers.

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The older girls get, the less likely they are to work out.

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The average heart rates in a typical 30-minute physical education class range between 90 and 129 beats per minute.

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In a typical physical education class, only 27% of actual physical education time is devoted to motor activity.

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Thirty percent of youths (10-19 years) have negative or neutral attitudes towards physical activity.

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At age 10, 45% of young people say they participate, or intend to participate, on a non-school team. Among 18-year-olds, the figure is 26%.

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Nine out of ten parents think their children are fit, when only one out of three are.

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The child of today is less fit and more fat than the child of the 60's.

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The average child consumes at least 20 ounces of soda pop a day.

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Obesity and superobesity are up 36% and 98%, respectively, in the past 20 years.

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The average U.S. child spends 20% of his/her waking time watching TV.

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The average U.S. child gets approximately 43 minutes of moderate physical activity a day.

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The average child gets less than 15 minutes of vigorous activity a day.

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Hope you have all been keeping warm the last few days. What do you do to warm up at your desk? a friend of mine does jumping jacks! :-)