Posted on 06/20/2017 11:56:35 AM PDT by simpson96
Here's some compelling evidence that Americans have become a sedentary bunch: Research suggests that the average teen is no more active than the average 60-year-old.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 12,500 people of various ages who wore activity tracking devices for seven straight days as part of national health surveys conducted between 2003 and 2006.
The study found that physical activity levels among children and teens were lower than previously thought. The World Health Organization recommends at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity a day for children ages 5 to 17.
But in the study, more than 25 percent of boys and 50 percent of girls aged 6 to 11 and more than 50 percent of males and 75 percent of females aged 12 to 19 did not reach the WHO guidelines, according to the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
"Activity levels at the end of adolescence were alarmingly low, and by age 19, they were comparable to 60-year-olds," senior study author Vadim Zipunnikov said in a Hopkins news release.
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Today, if kids play or walk or ride their bicycles on the street unaccompanied by an adult, the police or Child Protective Services will be summoned and the parents will be in heap big trouble. I have even read of kids who got in trouble for playing, unsupervised by an adult, in their own back yards.
Better to sit your kid in front of a computer and have him play video games all day.
The poorest are now the most likely to be obese. Teens being only as active as 60 year olds makes me think we are actually a long way from any type of sustained civil unrest. Unless their entertainment addiction to social media/internet is interrupted.
Freegards
and when we were old enough to drive play half court basketball using car headlights for illumination.
When I was that age, I got my exercise by taking my dog for mile-long walks. But that was at a time when a Copper State solon who is beloved on this site was making a White House bid--and times are different, now.
In the little town where I live in each new subdivision the city puts in a small park with a baskeball hoop and playground equipment for children. Lots of grass and bike path. You rarely see anyone playing in them.
I don’t need those. It’s not just hit it, repeat as necessary!
My wife can’t keep up now.
Similar age and similar notation. I finished mowing last night about 2130 and got back at it in the shop about 0600, waiting out the heat of the day again though. That part, the heat, gets much harder to cope with in each passing year.
That sounds great.
We did more cement friendly things :)
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