Even Kids on Sports Teams Don't Get Enough Exercise

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Why doesn't USNWR do a study of every state and find out what the individual states minimally require for gym each day/weekly total independent of any after school sports activities? Do this by grade level and lets see where the holes are and why obesity is a real problem.
Something more substative than wearing pedometers!

Citizen of WI 3:36PM February 16, 2011

children often do not like to do some excercis after a meal except sleeping or lying.I just do not know how to treat with this situation.

zhenjun li 9:43AM February 14, 2011

I play with evryone in the leauges older kids my age and grown ups. how dont i get enough excersise

Ivan of OR 11:23AM January 05, 2011

Most parents I've seen (from the perspective of being a coach to teams of K'garteners, 1st and 2nd graders) is that kids get put onto these teams so they don't get left behind, not for physical education. Organized sports for kids younger than 3rd grade is a veritable joke; it's herding cats.
Kids need to play. The recent recommendation of no more than two hours of screen time a day? Heed it! This is NOT the responsibility of organized sports or public schools. Live in a city? Go play hoops with your kid. Live in the burbs? Go ride a bike. Under middle school should it be "exercise" or just going out and playing -- on something other than a video game?
Parents have to own their responsibility again, and getting a kid to be active is not...that...hard!

RJL of CA 3:06PM December 09, 2010

Danton Steele with Lockheed Martin seems that frequenting prostitutes on Lee Road and ignoring his adult child that was burned on a base where he was stationed long ago is healthy. He also feels entitled to take back 9,000 dollars of monies used to be for the future benefit of this child to be good for paying GUYANA, place where phone sex was advertised late night on television.
Suggesting that eating KFC and Mcdonalds as an alternative to receiving any benefits from him is the only way to explain the new white car his #rd wife has.Too, also, while perusing the tip amount on his Diners Club card and American Express, you will see the apparent jealousy my sister uses while giving NOTHING. I admit, while my disability/slash supplemental check is kidnapped and allotted to me at his preference, there is 50 dollars a week he assists me with,As of the out of state time. Her job driving to Bumby and to Lake Mary is the best she can do.

danton of CA 6:57PM December 08, 2010