[Tilu News]The Department of Child and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, and the non-profit organization Ning Dong Hong Kong Sports Foundation (Ning Dong) have conducted a territory-wide longitudinal study on the physical activity level of primary and secondary school students since 2019 – “SportsHour” “Research Project on Primary School Students’ Sports Participation Hours” (hereinafter referred to as the “SportsHour Study”).
The “SportsHour Study” from 2022 to 2023 found that one year after the epidemic ended and classes resumed, the physical activity level of Hong Kong school children has rebounded significantly.On school days, the average amount of moderate to high-intensity exercise performed by school children was 28.2 minutes, 9 minutes more than the data during the epidemic. The study also showed that the return to normal activity level of school children on school days was twice as high as that on holidays, reflecting the improvement of school life.
Wu Qiaochong (left) also attended the seminar.
Despite this, the situation of insufficient physical activity among Hong Kong school children is still serious. In the past year, only 8% of school children met the World Health Organization’s physical activity standards, which is to accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day. Data from the 56 students who participated in the vertical tracking showed that those who engaged in moderate or above-intensity physical activity for 15 minutes a day had better sleep quality than their peers, reaffirming last year’s research release.
In addition, from 2018 to 2022, Dr. Yip Pak-keung, clinical associate professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, led a research team to analyze the changes and relationships between the body mass index (BMI) and physical fitness activities of Hong Kong primary school students before and after the epidemic. A total of Data from 137,752 primary school students aged 6 to 12 years old were collected, and the research results have been accepted by the well-known international academic journal “The Journal of Pediatrics”. Research results show that even after classes resumed half a year after the epidemic, various physical fitness test items of school children have dropped significantly, including upper limb muscle strength, body flexibility, core muscle strength and cardiorespiratory endurance. The research team said: “In order to eliminate the negative impact of the epidemic on school children’s health, there is an urgent need to formulate strategies to help school children promote a healthy weight and improve their physical fitness levels.”
Hong Kong gymnast Ng Kiu-chung, who just completed the “last battle” of her career at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, has participated in sports interest classes since she was a child and began receiving regular gymnastics training in primary school. She has personally experienced the importance of “fun” in establishing children’s exercise habits. He became a new father last year and has more profound thoughts on this aspect. He said: “If you want children to regularly participate in sports to improve their physical and mental health, you must first make them love sports. Let them go cycling or hiking outdoors, and participate in activities that interest them. Exercising classes or watching sports events can help children establish long-term exercise habits.”
In addition to home-school participation, in terms of policy, Ning Dong advocates that the Hong Kong government consider adding “sports vouchers” for school children. In recent years, the Hong Kong public is no longer unfamiliar with the concept of “consumption vouchers”. However, in addition to daily expenses, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and other places have “sports consumption vouchers” for children and teenagers, which can be used to subsidize sports-related expenses, including watching events and purchasing equipment. and attending classes, etc.
Source: Integrated Hong Kong Sports Foundation
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”Research shows that physical activity among primary and secondary school students has rebounded significantly after resuming classes after the epidemic」
2023-10-14 16:15:57
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