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  "Only 21.6% of 6 to 19-year

-old children and adolescents

in the United States attained

60 ormore minutes of

moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on at least 5 days

               per week."

Only 27.1% of high school students participate in at

least 60 minutes per day of physical activity on all

7 days of the week.

According to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2nd edition:

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Physical activity for children and adolescents should be fun, engaging and age appropriate.

 

 "Children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years should do 60 minutes (1 hour) or more of moderate-to-     vigorous physical activity daily:

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       • Aerobic: Most of the 60 minutes or more per day should be either moderate or vigorous-intensity

         aerobic physical activity and should include vigorous intensity physical activity on at least 3 days a   

         week.

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       • Muscle-strengthening: As part of their 60 minutes or more of daily physical activity, children and                    adolescents should include muscle-strengthening physical activity on at least 3 days a week.

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       • Bone-strengthening: As part of their 60 minutes or more of daily physical activity, children and                        adolescents should include bone-strengthening physical activity on at least 3 days a week."

                                               

                                                                                                                              (HHS Office & Council on Sports, 2019)

   In 2015, 53.4% of high

school students participated

in muscle strengthening exercises (e.g., push-ups, sit-ups, weight lifting) on 3 or more days during the

              week.

 In 2015, 51.6% of high

school students attended physical education classes

in an average week, and

only 29.8% of high school students attended physical education classes daily." 

("CDC | Physical Activity | Facts | Healthy Schools", 2018)    

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