teens not exercising

One of the best reasons for parents to sign up their kids for gymnastics is to help establish for them a psychological and physical BASE for lifetime fitness.

We must educate parents to understand that the schools are not doing the job of physical education.

Have you seen this news story on the decline in teen fitness?

Nader and his colleagues found that young women dropped below the recommended 60 minutes of exercise a day threshold around age 13, while in boys the drop occurred later at 14.7 years old. By age 15, teens exercised for 49 minutes on weekdays and for 35 minutes on Saturday or Sunday. …

New Research Confirms That the Older Kids Get, the Less Active They Become

ABC News

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1000 calories, 68 grams of fat, 1.8 grams of salt.

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