Children 'can't be bothered' to keep fit.ALMOST one in three schoolchildren does less than an hour of exercise a week, a survey has suggested. And most are not getting the 60 minutes of daily activity recommended to stay healthy. In a survey of 1000 kids aged eight to 15, only one in eight said they got the right amount of exercise. One in three said they "can't be bothered" to get active. In contrast, 55 per cent of the kids questioned admitted spending an hour or more a day texting or chatting to their friends, or visiting social networking websites This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Dr Mike Knapton, of the British Heart Foundation The British Heart Foundation is a charity organisation in the United Kingdom that funds research, education, care and awareness campaigns aimed to prevent heart diseases in humans. , who carried out the survey, said: "We have a generation of kids who have a shockingly blase bla·sé adj. 1. Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. 2. Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning. 3. Very sophisticated. attitude towards exercise and being active." |
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