Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Council on School Health
• Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness
• Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Council on School Health

Titel

Active healthy living: prevention of childhood obesity through increased physical activity

Ist Teil von

• Pediatrics (Evanston), 2006-05, Vol.117 (5), p.1834-1842

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The current epidemic of inactivity and the associated epidemic of obesity are being driven by multiple factors (societal, technologic, industrial, commercial, financial) and must be addressed likewise on several fronts. Foremost among these are the expansion of school physical education, dissuading children from pursuing sedentary activities, providing suitable role models for physical activity, and making activity-promoting changes in the environment. This statement outlines ways that pediatric health care providers and public health officials can encourage, monitor, and advocate for increased physical activity for children and teenagers.