10,000 steps and more. The figures are hardly pleasing. In l ‘2022 edition of the postponement card of the National Observatory of the level of physical activity and sedentary lifestyle (onaps), it appears that only half of the boys and a third of girls from 6 to 17 years old reach the recommendations (at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day of moderate in high intensity). “Puberty is one of the markers of the decline in physical activity whatever gender”, and the decline is even more marked for girls, estimates this report published on October 25. The figures are eloquent: “70 % of boys and 56 % of girls aged 6 to 10 reach recommendations, against only 34 % of boys and 20 % of girls aged 11-14, and 40 % of boys and 16 % girls aged 15-17. “
This observation joins that of a window Report of the World Health Organization (WHO), published in early October : “In most countries, women are less active than men […] and in all age groups. And the Girls are more inactive than boys in most countries (85 % and 77.6 % respectively). “The level of sedentary lifestyle has also increased sharply with the health crisis, due to the screen time that has increased.
How to explain such a difference according to sex? “Studies show that girls are less attracted by competition in competition,” says Alicia Fillon, project manager at ONAPS and co-author of the CARD report. Indeed, the unisport federations (which bring together 60 % of licensees, or 5.2 million children) have 64.2 % of boys and 35 % of girls. However, this difference tends to disappear, specifies the report Card, for multisport federations, mainly school sport, more focused on pleasure sport. “We are talking much less about women who win sports competitions than men, despite many high -level women athletes. It was caricatured when the female handball team won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, in 2020 “, says Pascale Duché, Director of the Impact Laboratory of Physical Activity on Health at the University of Toulon. 2>” Fight very early against the a priori ”
Another brake, “the question of the security of places of practice of physical activity and their surroundings and its perception can limit the encouragement of parents to the physical activity of girls, more than boys”, notes Irene Margaritis, assistant to the risk assessment director at the National Health Security Agency (ANSES). However, we know that sports parents have an influence and “can provide different types of support, whether it is logistics or persuasive support”, said Public Health France, which has just launched the second part of its campaign ” Move teens “.
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