Examination of improvement of exercise habits and physical education classes from early childhood Sports Agency December 26, 15:07
In response to the decrease in physical and athletic abilities of children due to the longer hours of watching smartphones, the Sports Agency held a meeting of measures to acquire exercise habits and improve physical education classes from infancy. We will consider ways to do this.
A survey of physical and athletic abilities targeting fifth-grade elementary school students and second-year junior high school students nationwide decreased in both men and women this year compared to last year. And that the time to watch smartphones is getting longer.
The Sports Agency held a meeting of measures on the 26th with staff from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and said that Secretary Suzuki said, "I have a great sense of crisis. I need to work out urgently."
At the meeting, physical education classes and efforts to improve physical fitness using after school were reported.In the future, the effectiveness of the efforts and the causes of physical weakness will be further analyzed by hearing from experts, From now on, we will consider ways to learn exercise habits and improve classes.
Sports Authority in addition to organize measures in prospect next year in June, the implementation can be efforts is the policy to begin immediately.