China News Service, September 3 According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education introduced on the 3rd the eighth national student physical and health survey.

The data shows that the overall physical fitness and health of Chinese students have improved, the rate of good and good physical fitness has gradually increased, and the morphological and developmental indicators such as height, weight, and chest circumference of students have continued to improve.

　　According to the National Student Physical Fitness and Health Survey System approved by the State Council in 1987, in 2019, the Ministry of Education, the State Sports General Administration, the National Health Commission, the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Finance deployed the eighth national student physical and health survey system. Health research work.

　　National student physique and health surveys are an important part of the national physique monitoring system and an important part of school sports, sanitation and health education.

The main purpose of the survey is to fully grasp the current situation and development trend of students’ physical fitness and health in our country, guide localities and schools to fully implement and implement the Party’s education policy in the new era, scientifically carry out school sports, school hygiene and health education, and assist education Building a strong country, a sports power, and a healthy China.

The survey has been carried out every 5 years since 1985. The second to seventh national surveys on student physique and health were carried out in 1991, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2014.

——The overall improvement of the physical and health status of Chinese students

　　According to the stratified cluster random sampling survey method, the survey was conducted in 1,258 schools in 93 prefectures and cities in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and surveyed 374,257 students, covering full-time ordinary primary and secondary schools , Regular college students.

Investigate 24 indicators in 4 aspects, including body shape, physiological function, physical fitness, and health status.

The survey includes testing items and questionnaire surveys.

During the survey implementation process, the physical examination item test is carried out first, and then the physical examination item test is carried out.

A questionnaire survey was conducted among the students in the fourth grade of primary school in the physical examination samples.

The surveyed students are divided into four categories: urban, rural, male, and female, with one age group per week.

(1) The rate of good physical fitness and health up to standard has gradually increased.

In 2019, the national 6-22 year old students' physical fitness compliance rate was 23.8%, and the areas with a higher rate of excellence were the economically developed eastern and coastal areas.

Since the Ministry of Education promulgated and implemented the "National Student Physical Health Standards" in 2014, the excellent and good rate of Chinese students' physical health standards has been on the rise. The excellent and good rate of students aged 13-22 has risen from 14.8% in 2014 to 17.7% in 2019. , An increase of 2.9 percentage points.

13-15, 16-18, and 19-22 year-old students' physical health compliance rates increased by 5.1, 1.8, and 0.2 percentage points, respectively, with the most significant increase in junior high school students.

(2) The morphological and developmental indicators of students' height, weight, and bust circumference continue to improve.

The height, weight, and chest circumference of male and female students in all age groups continued to show an upward trend.

Compared with 2014, the heights of boys aged 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18, and 19-22 years old nationwide in 2019 increased by 0.52 cm, 1.26 cm, 1.69 cm, 0.95 cm and 0.81 respectively. cm, the body weight increased by 0.61 kg, 1.73 kg, 2.52 kg, 2.52 kg and 2.86 kg, and the bust circumference increased by 0.53 cm, 1.01 cm, 0.99 cm, 0.82 cm and 1.54 cm.

The height of girls in each age group increased by 0.72 cm, 1.24 cm, 0.97 cm, 0.80 cm, and 0.62 cm, weight increased by 0.70 kg, 1.64 kg, 2.28 kg, 1.99 kg, and 1.67 kg, and the bust circumference increased by 0.52 cm, 1.03 cm, 1.38 cm, 0.95 cm and 0.83 cm.

(3) The level of vital capacity of students has risen across the board.

Vital capacity shows a person's cardiopulmonary function. Children with larger vital capacity have a stronger body's ability to supply oxygen.

In the past 10 years, the vital capacity of students across the country has continued to increase, with the most significant increase in junior high school students.

Compared with 2014, the lung capacity of boys aged 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18, and 19-22 years old nationwide in 2019 increased by 82.5 ml, 153.6 ml, 209.7 ml, 161.2 ml and 92.3 respectively. ml, the vital capacity of girls of all ages increased by 105.3 ml, 166.0 ml, 187.2 ml, 147.0 ml and 102.2 ml, respectively.

(4) The qualities of flexibility, strength, speed, and endurance of primary and secondary school students have improved.

Primary and middle school students' qualities of flexibility, strength, speed, and endurance have improved overall. Primary and junior high school students' pliability and strength qualities have improved significantly compared with other age groups.

Compared with 2014, in 2019, girls of all ages increased by 1.9, 1.9, 1.8, 1.6, and 1.0 in 1 minute sit-ups; boys aged 7-12 increased by 0.7.

The speed quality and endurance quality of middle school students have improved.

Compared with the data in 2014 in 2019, male and female middle school students aged 13-15 and 16-18 have improved their 50-meter running performance by 0.09 seconds and 0.01 second respectively; girls aged 13-15 have increased their 800-meter performance by 4.49 seconds. Boys aged 13-15 improved their 1000-meter performance by 6.50 seconds.

(5) Continuous improvement of students' malnutrition.

In 2019, the malnutrition rate of students aged 6-22 in my country was 10.2%. In the past 10 years, the malnutrition status of male and female students of all ages has continued to improve.

Compared with 2014, in 2019, students aged 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18, and 19-22 year old nationwide decreased by 2.1, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6, and 2.3 percentage points respectively.

——The main factors that promote the improvement of students' physical fitness and health

(1) The level of economic and social development stimulates students' growth potential.

With economic and social development and the improvement of people’s living standards, diseases that affect the growth and development of students have been effectively prevented and controlled, physical indicators and malnutrition have continued to improve, and there has been a shift from malnutrition to overnutrition.

(2) Policies and measures to drive students' physique and health.

One is the construction of schools with sports characteristics such as campus football to promote students' physical fitness and health.

Since 2015, the Ministry of Education has widely carried out the construction of sports schools across the country, which has played a positive role in enhancing the physical fitness and health of students.

The excellent and good rate of physical fitness of students in schools with campus football characteristics is 29.2%, which is higher than the 22.3% of non-campus football schools.

The second is to strengthen the physical activity of the middle school entrance examination to increase the time of middle school students' physical activities.

In recent years, with the increase in the scores of the physical education examinations for the senior high school entrance examination, the time for sports activities of middle school students, especially junior students, has increased significantly.

The one-hour rate of physical exercise in school is 42.7% for junior high school students, which is higher than 30.6% for senior high school students.

The excellent and good rate of physical health up to standard was 29.2% for junior high school students, which was higher than 22.6% for senior high school students.

(3) Home-school collaboration improves students' physical fitness and health.

Home and school education and guidance play a vital role in improving students' health literacy.

The good and good rate of children with parental support is higher than that of students without parental support.

School physical exercise arrangements and eye hygiene guidance are important. Schools whose physical and health classes meet the standards each week have a significantly higher rate of achieving good physical fitness and health standards than other schools. Schools that arrange eye exercises more than twice a day have a low risk of myopia. In other schools.

(4) Students' health awareness and lifestyle improve their physical health.

Students ensure that adequate physical exercise and sleep time each day have a positive effect on improving physical fitness and preventing overweight, obesity and myopia.

The excellent and good rate of physical fitness of the students who can guarantee more than 1 hour of physical exercise time in school every day is 27.4%, which is significantly higher than the 17.7% of students who do not have enough physical exercise time. The myopia rate of students who get enough sleep every day is 47.8%, which is significantly lower than that of sleep. 67.8% of under-represented students.

　　Regarding the

next work arrangement

, the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education stated that the survey also found that the rate of poor eyesight and myopia of students is high, the rate of overweight and obesity of students has increased, the level of grip strength of students has declined, and the physical fitness of college students has declined. Students’ physique and health status are problems that need to be solved urgently.

In the next step, the Ministry of Education will comprehensively analyze the results of the 8th National Student Physical Fitness and Health Survey, accurately grasp the influencing factors of students' physical fitness and health, and implement targeted policies to strengthen and improve school physical education, hygiene and health education, and improve students' physical fitness. .

Mainly include the following aspects:

(1) Comprehensively strengthen and improve school physical education.

Guide localities and schools to implement the "Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening and Improving School Sports Work in the New Era" jointly issued by the Central and State Affairs Office, strengthen physical education and extracurricular exercises, strengthen the physical health management of primary and secondary school students, and fully implement large-scale sports activities between classes System, vigorously promote family physical exercise activities.

Supervise and guide the primary and secondary schools to arrange for students to go out of the classroom during each class to take appropriate activities and relax.

Promote the reform of college sports evaluation, and take sports work and its effects as an important index for the evaluation of colleges and universities, and incorporate it into the evaluation index system of college undergraduate teaching work and the evaluation of the effectiveness of "double first-class" construction.

(2) Implement the school hygiene and health education policy requirements.

Instruct all localities and schools to implement the "Opinions of the Ministry of Education and Other Five Departments on Comprehensively Strengthening and Improving School Hygiene and Health Education in the New Era", deepen the reform of health education, consolidate the guarantee of sanitary conditions, and comprehensively improve students’ health awareness and ability, and develop health lifestyle.

(3) Continue to comprehensively prevent and control myopia in children and adolescents.

Instruct all localities and schools to implement the "Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents" and "The Work Plan for the Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents (2021-2025)", to reduce the burden on students' studies, strengthen outdoor activities and physical exercises, and use scientific and standardized use Eight special actions including electronic products have continued to reduce the myopia rate of children and adolescents.

(4) Implement the national health school construction plan.

Promulgate construction standards, pilot trials first, implement the responsibilities of all parties, improve the health promotion capabilities of schools, build each school into an institution that effectively promotes student health, and support the health of the whole people and the construction of a healthy China with student health and school health.