The New York Times reported an article by Gretchen Reynolds, This is our Youth. It is a comparison study with kids 12 to 14 back in 2004 with today's youth have dropped 1% of aerobic fitness from that earlier group. Considering there at already
been a drop of youth health by 2004 this is shown a steady decline.
In the past few decades, there has been demonstrated that kids are more sedimentary. They are not gaining an hour of exercise a day. The article suggests that fitness peaks at the age of 10, and perhaps as early as two with a number of kids. Then that kid goes into so called decline. Imagine your toddler is his fit as he or she will ever be.n
Gordon Blackburn, the director of cardiac rehabilitation at the Cleveland clinic, shared "30 years ago, we would not have expected to see 12-year-olds with symptoms of cardiac disease "he said "now we have had to start a pediatric preventive cardiology clinic. "
Gretchen gave a couple possible starting points of getting activity back into life. And that's to be commended. But I believe that the sedimentary living that is happening and family life is a lot more complicated than that.
In order to see more significant change there would have to be more security for children to walk to school. Time to rethink busing? There would have to be a collective effort to bring physical fitness into gym classes and school life. And there would have to be stronger incentives for kids to interact with real life and not the growing virtual world which there part of. Moms and dads need to be primary movers in the family. Projected health numbers are in decline.
Read the article and get informed. Soccer, basketball, baseball and hockey can get some involved. Marshal arts, self defense, camping, hiking, fishing, hunting. Out door survival, running, swimming, treasure hunting. Physical fitness. At junior have clubs in these things. Photo safaris in whe wild parts of our country. Night time shy watches. Snorkeling fly marine life in ponds, rivers, lakes and ocean. Running courses in the city using the buildings design as part of the challenge. Keep walking
Got to loosen the electronics.
In the past few decades, there has been demonstrated that kids are more sedimentary. They are not gaining an hour of exercise a day. The article suggests that fitness peaks at the age of 10, and perhaps as early as two with a number of kids. Then that kid goes into so called decline. Imagine your toddler is his fit as he or she will ever be.n
Gordon Blackburn, the director of cardiac rehabilitation at the Cleveland clinic, shared "30 years ago, we would not have expected to see 12-year-olds with symptoms of cardiac disease "he said "now we have had to start a pediatric preventive cardiology clinic. "
Gretchen gave a couple possible starting points of getting activity back into life. And that's to be commended. But I believe that the sedimentary living that is happening and family life is a lot more complicated than that.
In order to see more significant change there would have to be more security for children to walk to school. Time to rethink busing? There would have to be a collective effort to bring physical fitness into gym classes and school life. And there would have to be stronger incentives for kids to interact with real life and not the growing virtual world which there part of. Moms and dads need to be primary movers in the family. Projected health numbers are in decline.
Read the article and get informed. Soccer, basketball, baseball and hockey can get some involved. Marshal arts, self defense, camping, hiking, fishing, hunting. Out door survival, running, swimming, treasure hunting. Physical fitness. At junior have clubs in these things. Photo safaris in whe wild parts of our country. Night time shy watches. Snorkeling fly marine life in ponds, rivers, lakes and ocean. Running courses in the city using the buildings design as part of the challenge. Keep walking
Got to loosen the electronics.
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