Professor Fijałkowska points out that children in the first grades of elementary school they cannot perform during physical education classes simple exercises. Their parents had no problem with this at their age.
Children don’t want to do physical education exercises. That’s what they have problems with
Relevant skills such as jump ropeand, performing a forward turn or hanging on the bar for a certain period of time, compared to the 1970s, these indicators are dramatically low – says the professor. He emphasizes that this translates into sporting results. Future athletes can only be selected from 6% of the population.
Professor Fijałkowska emphasizes that children don’t want to do physical education exercises. They spend their free time in front of smartphones and computers.
Physical activity of our children It’s badThis is because children do not get at least one hour of moderate physical activity per day, as recommended by the World Health Organization. Unfortunately, screen time, that is, time spent in front of a monitor, is associated not only with limited physical activity, but also with an increasing frequency of physical activity. emotional and mental disorders between children – he explains.
Polish children are among the most shameful
Factors such as sedentary lifestyleeating too much fast food or not enough sleep means that students in Poland are at the forefront of children who they fight obesity in our part of Europe. Research shows that one in five 8-year-old boys in Poland is obese and 10-11 percent of girls.