2024-09-26 17:12:48
We wonder what prevents women from having time to exercise… Less than one in two children aged 6 to 17 and one in two women achieve the recommended levels of physical activity. This is what came out from a summary issue this Thursday by French Public Health.
Children and adolescents should exercise at least sixty minutes per day in a combination of physical activity of moderate to stable intensity, throughout the week, shows the health agency, which has compiled a summary of all the data of it is on this topic. However, in 2016, only 41.8% of children aged 6 to 17 have reached these recommendations: 50.7% of boys and 33.3% of girls.
The youngest (6-10 years) work more: 69.7% of boys and 55.5% of girls have reached the recommendations, compared to 33.7% of boys and 20.2% of girls who are 11 to 14.
Below are many Western countries
Adults should exercise at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, or at least 75 to 150 minutes of high-intensity activity, or an appropriate combination of moderate and steady-state activity per week, to get great benefits for their health.
In total, only five women and seven men out of 10 achieve these goals in France. This is lower than most Western countries, but higher than the United States and Australia.
Domestic work accounts for almost a third of women’s work, but these are generally small jobs that do not receive all the health benefits linked to the exercise to be achieved, notes Public Health France for this difference explanation between women and men. Walking is the most common activity regardless of gender, age or education level.
The great cause of the country 2024
In general, the proportion of physically active men and women is lower among those with the least education (diploma level below baccalaureate). Unemployed or unemployed men are also the ones with the lowest percentage of obtaining insurance.
By 2021, more than 20% of adults reported spending more than seven hours a day sitting. This rate is higher among the most educated and among the youngest, also notes Public Health France.
Promoting physical activity and sports is the Great National Purpose of 2024, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
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