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Kids in South Carolina and across the country are still not getting enough physical activity according to a July 2014 CDC report.
In an article published by The Post and Courier, Dr. Daniel Bornstein, assistant professor of health, exercise and sport science at The Citadel, said the findings of this report should be a call to action for our nation’s youth to start moving.
The 2014 State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, which examined behavioral, environmental and policy indicators across the 50 states, found that in South Carolina (a state with a growing Latino population), nearly 20% of youth reported not being physically activity.
States like Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee also presented high numbers of physical inactivity, with levels of inactivity ranging anywhere between 19.6-22.8%, compared to the national average of 15.2%.
In the Post and Courier article, Bornstein said: “The best thing we can do is have state and local government officials working together with our schools, departments of transportation and planning, departments of parks and recreation, and even chambers of commerce, to develop and implement the policies that have been proven to increase physical activity levels.”
Policy initiatives like complete streets, safe routes to school, and bike programs are all ways to help increase levels of physical activity. Learn more about these policies here.
Read the full Post and Courier article here and access the CDC’s 2014 State Indicator Report on Physical Activity on our resources page.
By The Numbers
33
percent
of Latinos live within walking distance (<1 mile) of a park
