Since the start of the 2022 school year, a system of 30 minutes of physical activity per day is supposed to have been put in place in primary schools. For the moment, it is too unequally applied.
In a primary school in Hauts-de-Seine, students attended an event: see the athletes and mascots of Paris 2024 in real life. The opportunity to talk about sport and its benefits. Because in children, physical activity has serious competitors: screens. The physical level of young French people has been falling since the beginning of the century: according to the World Health Organization (WHO), France ranks 119th out of 146.
Decreased physical health
To remedy this, a system of 30 minutes of daily sport has been put in place. But it is not equally applied everywhere. For a teacher, “it allows you to frame other learning” and promotes student concentration. In addition to remedying a concern of doctors: on average, children aged 10 to 12 run 1 km/h slower than 35 years ago. “Some 15-year-old children prepare for their heart attack at 30”, says cardiologist François Carré. Under the impetus of Paris 2024, more than 12,000 sports kits have been distributed.
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