.
.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY :
CHILDREN :
COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN:
British Children Among the Least Active in the World,
with Exercise 'Stripped out' of Modern Lives
.
.
British Children Among the Least Active in the World,
with Exercise 'Stripped out' of Modern Lives
Laura Donnelly
20 NOVEMBER 2016 10:00PM
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/20/british-children-
among-the-least-active-in-the-world-with-exerci/
.
A shorter URL for the above link:
.
http://tinyurl.com/zyu3ob4
.
.
British children are among the least active in the world, and fitness
levels are plummeting, a damning international study has found.
.
Experts said the results were alarming, showing that movement was being
stripped out of modern lifestyles, with children weaned on screen-time and
starved of outdoor activity.
.
On Sunday night Simon Stevens, head of the NHS, called for radical changes
in family routines, describing exercise as a magic pill which would be a
pharmaceutical blockbuster if only it could be bottled.
.
Research comparing 38 counties across the globe placed England, Scotland
and Wales among the worst for physical activity.
.
Overall, England and Wales were both scored D minus, the third worst grade
in the rankings, while Scotland was joint worst, with a grade of F.
.
The rankings, produced by a global alliance of health experts, show the UK
lagging far behind a host of countries, including Poland, Slovenia, and
Venezuela, when it comes to childrens fitness.
.
Government advice says children should do at least an hour of moderate
intensity physical activity per day.
.
But just 15 per cent of girls aged 11 to 15 in England manage this, along
with 22 per cent of boys, the report shows. And only one in three children
of this age are taking part in any organised sport outside school,
according to the figures, presented to the International Congress on
Physical Activity and Public Health.
.
The report shows that the fitness of children in England has deteriorated
badly since the first such global research was published two years ago,
despite repeated pledges by the Government to tackle childhood obesity and
couch potato lifestyles.
.
In 2014, England was given an overall grade of C-D, in the first Global
Matrix of Grades examining fitness. Since then, of nine different measures
used to rank activity levels and government strategies, four have worsened
while the rest are unchanged, bringing its overall grade down to D minus.
.
Latest figures show childhood obesity has reached record levels, with one
in 10 children obese when they start primary school, and one in five
reaching that level by the end of it.
.
snip
.
Researchers said the typical modern lifestyle of spending a day in front
of a computer, followed by an evening slumped in front of the television
was proving fatal.
.
They also called for radical changes in government policies, to encourage
healthier habits.
.
.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
.
.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
http://workface.com/e/daviddillard
Net-Gold
https://groups.io/g/Net-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html
https://groups.io/org/groupsio/Net-Gold/archives
http://net-gold.3172864.n2.nabble.com/
Temple University and Google Sites Research Guides
AND Discussion Group Directory
http://tinyurl.com/ngda2hk
OR
https://sites.google.com/site/researchguidesonsites/
RESEARCH PAPER WRITING
http://guides.temple.edu/research-papers
EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/employment-guide
INTERNSHIPS
http://guides.temple.edu/employment-internships
HOSPITALITY
http://guides.temple.edu/hospitality-guide
DISABILITIES AND EMPLOYMENT
http://guides.temple.edu/c.php?g=134557
INDOOR GARDENING
https://groups.io/g/indoor-gardening
Educator-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
K12ADMINLIFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/
PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES INCLUDING EBOLA
http://guides.temple.edu/public-health-guide
STATISTICS SOURCES RESEARCH GUIDE
http://guides.temple.edu/statistics-sources
Social Work and Social Issues Discussion Group
https://groups.io/g/social-work
Tourism Discussion Group
https://groups.io/g/Tourism
Digital Scholarship Discussion Group
https://groups.io/g/DigitalScholarship/threads
https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DIGITAL-SCHOLARSHIP
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/digital-scholarship/info
https://digitalscholarshipandscholarlypublication.wordpress.com/
Copyright Research Guide
Copyright, Intellectual Property and Plagiarism Sources
http://guides.temple.edu/copyright-plagiarism
Fair Use
http://guides.temple.edu/fair-use
Blog
https://educatorgold.wordpress.com/
Articles by David Dillard
https://sites.google.com/site/daviddillardsarticles/
Information Literacy (Russell Conwell Guide)
http://tinyurl.com/78a4shn
Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/
Twitter: davidpdillard
Temple University Site Map
https://sites.google.com/site/templeunivsitemap/home
Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit,
Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books.
Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay
David P. Dillard
http://tinyurl.com/o4pn4o9
Rail Transportation
https://groups.io/org/groupsio/RailTransportation
INDOOR GARDENING
Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
SPORT-MED
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html
HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/healthrecsport/info
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html
.
.
Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU
in search results for Net-Gold and related lists.
The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has
been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145
Temple University Listserv Alert :
Years 2009 and 2010 Eliminated from Archives
https://sites.google.com/site/templeuniversitylistservalert/
.
.
