Health issues

Get active with your kids

Physical activity is a crucial part of childhood: it helps children develop strong bones and muscles, maintain a healthy weight, and discover more about the world around them. And best of all, it's great fun.

All children should be active for at least one hour a day. You can help by encouraging your child to find activities they enjoy, and by building physical activity into family life. For most children, simply running around a park or playing in a playground is a real joy.

One reason that physical activity in childhood is so important is the maintenance of a healthy weight. If we don't address the rising obesity epidemic, by 2050 half of British children will be obese. On average, kids now spend four hours per day in front of their TV or games console: that's time that could be spent exercising outdoors, either with friends or the family.

But that's not the only reason. Physical activity is a part of the way children discover the world, and themselves. It helps to build strong muscles and healthy bones, and build self-confidence, too. 

 

Additional information can be found on the Fit Chance web site

 

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