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The Importance of Sports for Children

   

Added on  2020-04-13

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Nutrition and Wellness
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Running head: WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDS 1Why Sports should be encouraged to KidsNameCourse NumberDateFaculty Name
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WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDS 2Why Sports should be encouraged to KidsIntroductionSports is among many ways that are quantified into a general term, ‘Physical Activity –PA’. The human body requires substantial physical activity engagement for several reasonsamong which most of them are health-related. In the contemporary world, life-threatening healthconditions such as diabetes, health failure among other pulmonary diseases have been linked todiminishing societal engagements on physical activities. Various research finding has stated thatpeople who completely or at minimal frequencies engage into physical activities have greaterrisks and odds of being diagnosed with various conditions such as obesity, high cholesterollevels and they are also at the risk of having cardiac attacks. Based on these health concerns, it isimportant to encourage kids to be involved in sporting activities to have better and healthylifestyles now and in the future (Stricker, 2009). Therefore, this paper is focusing on highlightingthe key reasons as to why kids should be encouraged to participate in sports and outline waysthat should be used effectively to transform their mentality towards physical exercises.Reasons for encouraging kids to sportsHealth and Wellness(Bendíková & Dobay, 2017)Self-esteem (Hinch, 2017)Success in academics (Hinch, 2017).Social Skills Aerobic and flexibilityBeneficial for anxiety, dress and depression
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