Physical Activity in Primary School Children

Physical activity is essential to the development of children and builds the foundation for a healthy and active life. Children are overweight and obese due to inappropriate food selection and sedentary lifestyle (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2010). Increases in high calorie foods and indoor activities such as watching television and computer games are spurring children's unhealthy lifestyle. Physical activity in the middle childhood (8 to 12 years old) is an important part to solve and prevent this crisis, and the school plays an important role with the teacher.

Mahar (2011) pointed out that the physical activity level of children is directly related to the opportunity to actively participate. In addition to physical education, schools may influence student physical activity behavior through various opportunities (eg breaks, sports breaks in the classroom, round-trip transportation to the school, van Landeghem, 2003). Furthermore, in most schools children tend to sit down and according to new evidence long-term inactivity should be avoided. Therefore, the school environment must provide school-age children beyond physical education the opportunity to conduct physical activity through school day.

School is a good opportunity to promote children's sports activities. Literally, they have "captured audience". Regardless of whether it is rest, sports or sports, the ability to open sports activities is school - specific. Since nearly 50 million students go to school, is there a place suitable for children to participate in daily sports activities? Games, sports, sports, rest, sports are all valuable parts of childhood. In the past ten years, the benefits of all people were at the forefront of the scientific literature. Knowledgeable parents, educators, or doctors no longer ignore anyone's important in promoting the development of healthy children.