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Instead of weight-lifting machines, he suggests body weight exercises, resistance bands, free weights and medicine balls as entry points for kids to start a gym-based workout program. Tim Liu, a ...
It is important to provide young people opportunities and encouragement to participate in physical activities that are appropriate for their age, that are enjoyable, and that offer variety. Children and adolescents (6-17) should do at least 60 minutes (1 hour) or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily.
Some of the benefits of physical activity on brain health happen right after a session of moderate to vigorous physical activity. Benefits include improved thinking or cognition for children ages 6-13, short-term reduction of anxiety for adults, and enhanced functional capacity in older adults. [8]
As students began reporting marked improvement in their physical and mental health, Wilson became convinced that there was a need for this type of exercise program on a national level. In 1987, KSPS-TV agreed to produce her Sit and Be Fit television series and distributed the first 30 episodes nationwide. [ 7 ]
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The main goal of the VERB campaign [3] was to increase and maintain physical activity among "tweens" (children ages 9–13). [4] The campaign used hip and culturally popular social marketing efforts [1] to target kids, promoting exercise and being cool, fun, and exciting and encouraged kids to be more active by finding their own unique "verb."
Sit and Be Fit is a half-hour television exercise program that airs on KSPS-TV out of Spokane, WA, broadcast throughout the United States to over three-hundred PBS member stations and eighty-six million [a] households. The show focuses on toning and stretching from a seated position, beneficial to individuals who are restricted physically.
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