The Spanish Association of Pediatrics has prepared a document with Physical activity recommendations for minors between the ages of five and 17In general, it is about expanding the line we already mentioned a few days ago: ensure that children develop a daily hour of exercise of any kind (including playing). The goal is to improve sedentary rates in childhood (12 percent, which is 45% after age 15), which may be associated with problems such as obesity.
The recommendations have been prepared to be addressed to health professionals, and graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, for being groups responsible for implementing and establishing healthy habits of physical activity. It is specified that the councils must be adapted to the physical condition, age and sex of the individual, and sociocultural determinants and individual preferences must be taken into account.
I think that planning may be necessary when it comes to managing Physical Education within the school curriculum, or when children practice sports in a regulated manner, although the mediation of a professional is not always necessary (for example, children can run playing, or walk the mountain with their parents, or take bike routes, without having to be advised.)
These tips are in the document, I recommend reading it completely to complete:
The moderate or vigorous physical activity for a minimum of 60 minutes daily, can be divided into two or more sessions, mostly aerobic and interspersing vigorous activities for muscle and bone strengthening three times a week.
It is necessary to consciously avoid sedentary lifestyle. Any type of daily activity is a better option than staying sedentary.
It is advisable to walk, use the bicycle and climb the stairs instead of using means of transport, elevators and escalators. It is advisable to promote travel to the educational center on foot or by bicycle
The development of activity and physical exercise it will be a fun and game time. Group, fun and outdoor activities that will allow positive reinforcement are preferable, keeping them as a "fun habit" and incorporated into the everyday with more ease than the "healthy habits" imposed and very sacrificed for children.
It must be ensured that the physical environment in which an activity is practiced is adequate and without danger, complying with basic safety regulations to practice certain sports.
Physical activity is recommended. in any health condition. Not only should the healthy child practice it. The usual practice of physical activity has shown innumerable benefits, adapted to each situation or disease.
When doing sports, you have to ensure the liquid supply, especially when the activity is intense and the environment is hot. It is convenient to hydrate before, during and after physical exercise, since any exercise, even if it is moderate, causes the elimination of a certain amount of water and mineral salts. In this way we avoid metabolic risk.
The environmental and social environment invites us to sedentary lifestyle and moves us away from aerobic activities in open spaces. There are few play areas in the cities and lack of facilities in schools for the practice of physical activity.
In addition to that, I will not get tired of repeating that the schedules, the hurries, the pressure to which we put the children to fulfill extracurricular activities... do not facilitate the realization of physical activity naturally. Probably without these conditions, and depending on the time of the year, children may have more than one hour of exercise per day.
