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Karlsruhe (dpa / lsw) - According to a study, children and adolescents spent an average of 36 minutes longer a day in their everyday life during the Corona lockdown in spring - but also spent an hour more on the screen.
This was the result of a survey published on Friday by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Karlsruhe University of Education with more than 1,700 children and young people between the ages of 4 and 17.
In addition, they spent an average of 18 minutes more per day doing “unorganized sports” such as kicking, basketball or badminton.
"Surprisingly, the boys and girls have looked for a replacement for the discontinuation of sports activities, including those who were not previously active," said sports scientist Claudia Niessner, according to the statement.
However, it is a snapshot in an exceptionally warm spring, admitted Professor Alexander Woll.
Open to what happens in winter.
And quantity is not quality, emphasized Woll: "Playing outdoors, cycling, gardening or housework do not have the same intensity as training and competitions in a club."
Closed clubs meant an average of 28.5 minutes less exercise per day.
"We don't yet know how the elimination of sport in schools and clubs will affect motor skills or obesity in the long term."
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The researchers also found that the environment in which the children and adolescents lived played a major role.
So those who lived in a single family house in a small community would have moved the most.
According to the information, children and young people who live in multi-storey buildings in the big city move the least.
"Areas of movement are disappearing in urban planning, a countermovement is urgently needed here," said Woll.
Study on lockdown
General information on the study