Physical Education Aims for Active Lives, Fewer Painful Memories　(1/2)


Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults.

In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advised to give students two and a half hours of physical activity a week. That is what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association recommend. They say high schools should provide about four hours of physical activity each week.

Yet many schools across the country have reduced their physical education programs. Criticism of the cuts has led in some places to efforts to give students more time for exercise, not less. The future health of Americans may depend on it.

Just this week, a study reported that life expectancy has fallen or is no longer increasing in some parts of the United States. The situation is worst among poor people in the southern states, and especially women. Public health researchers say it is largely the result of increases in obesity, smoking and high blood pressure. They also blame differences in health services around the country.

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一般认为, 热爱体育活动的儿童长大后更有可能成为身体健康,精力充沛的成年人。

疾病控制预防中心(CDC)和美国心脏协会(AHA)建议美国的中小学校每周给学生安排两个半小时的体育活动时间。高中则应约为四个小时。

但事实上,全美国的很多学校却削减了体育课的方案。公众对此种做法的批评使某些地区的学校增加了学生的活动时间,而不是减少。未来美国人的健康可能将有赖于此。

本周,一项研究表明,美国一些地区的人均寿命已下降或不再上升。这种情况在美国南部的贫民尤其是妇女身上更为严重。公共卫生研究人员认为,这很大程度上是肥胖,吸烟和高血压人群增多造成的的结果。他们同时指责地区之间不一样的卫生服务条件。





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