Also, the fact that females are more physically inactive is surprising because girls are usually moving all the time; it also surprises me because females are more at risk for several diseases that physical activity can cure. Physical fitness used to be a big deal in school systems and now it is hardly reinforced. Which of the statistics listed in #1 affects you personally and ? 1. 16 percent of children and teens aged 6 to 19 were overweight in 1999-2002, triple the proportion in 1980. Fifteen-percent of children in the same age group are considered at-risk for overweight. The percentage of overweight African American, Hispanic, and Native American children is about 20%. - This statistic affects me personally because I am an overweight teen and have been overweight for much of my lige. Suggest ways that our society as a whole could reverse or improve the statistic in a positive way for of the statistics listed in #1. (You should list a minimum of 5
Also, the fact that females are more physically inactive is surprising because girls are usually moving all the time; it also surprises me because females are more at risk for several diseases that physical activity can cure. Physical fitness used to be a big deal in school systems and now it is hardly reinforced. Which of the statistics listed in #1 affects you personally and ? 1. 16 percent of children and teens aged 6 to 19 were overweight in 1999-2002, triple the proportion in 1980. Fifteen-percent of children in the same age group are considered at-risk for overweight. The percentage of overweight African American, Hispanic, and Native American children is about 20%. - This statistic affects me personally because I am an overweight teen and have been overweight for much of my lige. Suggest ways that our society as a whole could reverse or improve the statistic in a positive way for of the statistics listed in #1. (You should list a minimum of 5