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COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN:
'Test Pupils on Their Fitness to Tackle Obesity':
Calls for Vigorous Examinations as Growing Numbers of
Primary Children Spend Longer Than Ever Playing Computer Games
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'Test Pupils on Their Fitness to Tackle Obesity':
Calls for Vigorous Examinations as Growing Numbers of
Primary Children Spend Longer Than Ever Playing Computer Games
Only half of seven-year-olds have recommended 1 hour of activity per day
Schools aim to provide two hours of PE a week, but many fail even that
UK Active wants schools to test fitness in same way as maths and English
It warns that todays sedentary children will become obese adults in future
By Ben Spencer
The Daily Mail
Published: 18:58 EST, 15 June 2015 | Updated: 19:15 EST, 15 June 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3125663/Test-pupils-fitness-
tackle-obesity-Calls-vigorous-examinations-growing-numbers-primary-
children-spend-longer-playing-computer-games.html
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Schools should rigorously test pupils fitness in a bid to diffuse the
obesity timebomb, experts say.
They warn that primary school pupils who they name generation inactive
are spending longer than ever hunched over computers playing games.
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Only half of seven-year-olds have the recommended 60 minutes of physical
activity a day, according to health body UK Active.
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In a report today, it calls for schools to test their pupils fitness in
the same way as they examine maths and English.
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Schools aim to provide two hours of PE a week for pupils, but the report
said many fail to achieve even that.
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Just 43 per cent of schools currently record the length of time children
actually spend being physically active in PE lessons, it said.
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And it warned that todays sedentary children will become the obese adults
of the future - posing a massive burden on the NHS.
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The report said: From an economic perspective, generation inactive will be
huge drain on public resources and will contribute to a situation that is
simply not sustainable for the future of the UKs National Health Service.
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This is a ticking time bomb under the shared pledges of all political
parties to maintain a NHS free at the point of need.
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The report authors said that while it would be considered unacceptable for
pupils to leave primary school without their parents and teachers having a
basic understanding of their ability in maths and English, it is normal
for them to have no idea of their fitness levels.
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