Four in five adolescents don't exercise enough: WHOIn its first ever report on global trends for adolescent physical activity, the UN World Health Organization stressed that urgent action is needed to get teens off their screens and moving more. GENEVA: Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said Friday, warning that girls especially need more exercise. 'No improvements'But despite ambitious global targets for increasing physical activity, the study found virtually no change over the 15-year-period it covered. But Guthold also pointed out that "a lot of physical activity promotion is more tailored towards boys." But Riley noted that meeting that target would be a challenge after driving down adolescent inactivity by a mere percentage point over the past 15 years.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2019 00:56 UTC