Public sports facilities are expected to be open to children and adolescents for free
News from our newspaper (Reporter Liu Huan) In the future, my country will promote the opening of public sports facilities to children and adolescents free of charge or at low fees, and support the opening of sports facilities in primary and secondary schools to children and adolescents during their spare time and holidays.
In order to solve the problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, yesterday, six departments including the General Office of the National Health Commission and the General Office of the Ministry of Education jointly issued the Implementation Plan for the Prevention and Control of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.
In recent years, due to profound changes in the dietary structure and lifestyle of children and adolescents, coupled with heavy schoolwork and popularization of electronic products, the phenomenon of unbalanced nutrition and insufficient physical activity in children and adolescents has been widespread, and the rate of overweight and obesity has shown a rapid upward trend. An important public health issue that threatens the physical and mental health of our children.
The plan puts forward the overall goal for the prevention and control of "overweight and obesity", that is, taking the annual average increase in overweight and obesity rates from 2002 to 2017 as the baseline. From 2020 to 2030, the average annual rate of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents aged 0-18 The increase was down 70% from the baseline.
At the same time, a series of key tasks have been proposed to strengthen the responsibilities of families, schools, medical and health institutions, and the government.
The plan also requires the General Administration of Sports and the Ministry of Education to improve sports facilities for children and adolescents.
For example, promote the opening of public sports facilities to children and adolescents for free or at low fees, support the opening of sports facilities in primary and secondary schools to children and adolescents in free time and holidays; encourage sports venues to provide children and adolescents with sufficient drinking water that meets national standards for free.
In addition, the State Administration of Market Supervision and other departments should strengthen food labeling management for high-sugar, high-fat, and high-salt foods, and discourage the use of pictures, descriptions and appearance designs that appeal to children in marketing and food packaging for children.