Much exercise is good for. Children who regularly let off steam, cut in concentration tests significantly better than passive kids. Movement in children and adolescence influences but also the physical fitness, reduced risk factors for subsequent cardiovascular disease and leads to a better quality of life.
Together makes movement fun (© apa)
"An exercise program to older people will also strengthen self-confidence and promotes the social behavior," said Dennis Beck, Managing Director of the Fund for a Healthy Austria (FGÖ). This smoke is a positive effect on the possible addictive behavior: Young people who take regular exercise, as shown by a study, much less likely than inactive adolescents.
But these positive effects of regular exercise will benefit fewer and fewer children, but are increasingly affected by acute exercise. "The physical capacity of the eleven-to 14-year-old is worrying," it says because even in the "Clever & Fit" study "of the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Salzburg. Lack of movement spaces, hours of sitting in school or in front of the video, TV or the Boy make many children unmoved Couch Potatoes.
So motivated to children to take more exercise
Mr. Günter Schagerl, fitness expert ASKÖ federal organization and a member of the advisory board of the FGÖ advises the joy of movement to teach children the "joy must make movement and may produce no pressure to perform," said Mag Schagerl. It would be wrong to try to make the youngest to top athletes. "This is completely counterproductive. It certainly is the basis for denial of motion laid," warns Schagerl.
Important It would also create incentives for children's movement. For example, in the nursery a small trampoline or a jumping ball provide, in the garden a rope ladder or a climbing frame. This should be created in the apartment as much room for movement, or where possible, encourage children to play outside.
As so often in life as adults are role models for children - also in terms of movement. Mag Schagerl: "Parents, teachers KindergärnterInnen or who are themselves only a little physical activity and show little movement games can be problems, children really convey the joy of movement." Anyone who sets an example to his child, however fun of it, soon, a / n small / n "fellow traveler" have at his side.
The best and most pleasurable for children, it is shared with friends if they can complete their exercise program. For motivated the joint discovery of movement, stimulates the creativity and challenges. The parents, many well-known "This is so bland" will disappear quickly in the community with other kids moving. It is also important to find the right sport for the child. "Ask your child what it wants. Urge your child not to set too quickly. Those who do move under pressure must lose, that sometimes the joy of it," advises Schagerl.
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