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Home / Health News / Children should get more time for unstructured physical activity every day: Study

Children should get more time for unstructured physical activity every day: Study

According to a new study, just putting your children into organised sports and physical activities will not keep them them fit. But parents should give their children more time for unstructured physical activity every day.

By: Agencies   | | Published: February 3, 2019 2:36 pm
Tags: Aerobic exercise  Kids  Physical activity  
Children should get about an hour of primarily aerobic activity a day.©Shutterstock

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The researchers, including Laura Kabiri from the Rice University, said the problem lies in how much activity is part of organised regimen.

The authors said parents should give their children more time for unstructured physical activity every day.

“Parents know if they … don’t see their kids breathing and sweating hard, then they’re not getting enough exercise,” Kabiri said.

“So there should be more opportunities for unstructured activity. Get your kids outside and let them run around and play with the neighbourhood kids and ride their bikes.”

According to the World Health Organisation, children should get about an hour of primarily aerobic activity a day. But other studies have noted children involved in non-elite sports actually get only 20-30 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise they require.

For the study, published in the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, the researchers studied data gathered from 100 home-schooled children aged between 10-17.

Source: IANS

Published : February 3, 2019 2:36 pm
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