The pyramid of physical activity for children

Do you think it is true that children have little time to exercise? Some parents complain that their children do not exercise because of lack of desire, but because of lack of time, se and they complain about the paradox of sedentary lifestyle, when we talk about it in the social gatherings as a problem that is increasing. However, if the children spend 7 hours at school sitting, plus another two hours doing homework and another two watching television or playing with new technologies, how much time do they have to play sports? Children must do one hour of sports per day

If we count, at 7 hours of school, we must add the 9 or 10 hours of night sleep and 2 hours of television and 2 hours of homework, children spend more than 20 hours in a state of physical inactivity, to which we must add the hours of food and travel in vehicles, which are a little time moved.

It is clear that the current trend, due to our lifestyle, is to move less and less, providing an ideal breeding ground for the onset of obesity, diabetes and hypertension. These diseases appear because

the human body is not designed or prepared for sedentary lifestyle . On the contrary, for millions of years, our genes have been coded so that the human body benefits from regular movement, from daily activity and today physical activity is essential for the functioning of health.But physical activity is not just doing sports, even if the sport involves physical activity. There are physical activities such as walking, running, climbing stairs, play in the courtyard to hide, the pilla pilla, cops and chaos, the hare ... or jump rope that are an excellent physical exercise and can be added to active exercise of the child throughout the day.

The NAOS strategy recommends the youngest to exercise at least one hour a day

, either 60 minutes in a row or divided into several times. According to the Pyramid of Physical Activity of children, at the base of the pyramid we find what is called Active vda style, which includes 30 minutes a day and activities such as riding a bicycle, walking or going for a walk with the dog, climb stairs, play in the park, ball or running games.In the middle of the pyramid we have Sports and leisure activities, which must last one hour a day and be practiced 3 to 5 times a week. Water polo, swimming, tennis, paddle, soccer, skating, basketball ... and even jump rope are some of the proposed activities that are part of these weekly physical activities. At the top of the pyramid we find inactivity. The recommendation is that it should be little, but parents and children are faced with the paradox imposed by our new social lifestyle.

Marisol New

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