The value of sports for children is measured by many organizations across the country, see the interesting facts about our children below:
- According to the Let’s Move Campaign website, “over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese.”
- The No. 1 reason that kids drop out of sports is because it’s no longer “fun,” says the new study from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The study, published in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health, honed in on the factors that made organized sports fun for kids — findings that could help combat the rising risks of childhood obesity.
- The study found that there were 81 “fun” factors, which ranged from sportsmanship, to team rituals to “swag” (aka medals or cool jerseys). The top rated factors weren’t winning or getting medals as you would expect — but being a good sport, trying hard and positive coaching.
