FPT: PA in China

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by Emma Girodat3 views·Updated Jun 18, 2021
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  1. We are here today to discuss the increasingly low rate
  2. of physical activity among Children in China China's the most
  3. deserving country in the world, and the citizens are the
  4. most in need of the $50 million dollars that will
  5. go towards improving their health and wellness.
  6. China's overall physical activity levels received an F, meaning only
  7. 13.1% of young people are physically active for the recommended
  8. daily average of 90 minutes.
  9. There are three main factors that contribute to their low
  10. rate. The first being sedentary behaviors they've received an f
  11. because 92.9% of students spend two hours or more in
  12. a sedentary state every single day.
  13. The next would be the community and built environment, which
  14. also received an f.
  15. Meaning only 14.8% of people believe that it is easy
  16. to access facilities, equipment and feel their or organizations up
  17. sports for youth in their community.
  18. The next largest issue would be the category of government
  19. strategies and investments, China's policies regarding leadership and commitment providing
  20. physical activity opportunities for all Children and youth, but only
  21. 17.8% of parents reported being aware of such policies.
  22. Yeah, okay, there is one main cultural norm that china
  23. has, that contributes to low physical activity rates.
  24. There is an over emphasis on academic excellence, which has
  25. become an increasingly unhealthy cultural norm in chinese culture, with
  26. high academic expectations of educators and parents.
  27. These Children do not have the time to even think
  28. about being active According to a Grade 11 student preparing
  29. for the most difficult college entry exam in the world.
  30. The guy cow that extra time they used to achieve
  31. higher grades and to study uh huh.
  32. There are many barriers that china has to deal with,
  33. that I believe are contributing to the low levels of
  34. physical activity.
  35. The first being a political barrier.
  36. When China faced the one child policy that ended in
  37. 2015, families weren't allowed to have more than one child.
  38. This actually has a significant impact on Children today.
  39. And even adults who grew up in a generation of
  40. only Children with no siblings.
  41. That leaves the Children to do solitary activities, especially when
  42. the parents only have one kid and dedicate time to
  43. them. Siblings have a strong impact on physical and mental
  44. health with the only child policy.
  45. Many Children are growing up as an only child personally,
  46. I can relate to this.
  47. I grew up playing with my siblings every day.
  48. It's what kept me active playing soccer with my brother,
  49. running races, etcetera.
  50. I can't even imagine a life without them.
  51. This brings me to the next barrier air pollution.
  52. It would be difficult to play outside, run around with
  53. an increasingly high level of air pollution.
  54. China is ranked 14th worst country in the world with
  55. an air quality index of 98.
  56. If we compare that to Canada at 30, that's more
  57. than tripled exercise rates, exercise requires oxygen intake.
  58. And considering most physical activities in china are done outdoors,
  59. it makes its exposure to ambient air pollution as significant
  60. public health issue that affects Children.
  61. Yeah, the last word me, living space per capita china
  62. has seven square kilometers per 1000 people.
  63. And if we compare that to Canada, There's 274 km2
  64. per 1000 people in Canada.
  65. So if we consider that there is a substantially lower
  66. rate of space per capita in china, it makes activities
  67. outdoor so packed and there isn't that much space considering
  68. they have an immensely large population.
  69. So if we consider all of these factors of growing
  70. up as an only child, probably with not many cousins
  71. or family members the same age of them and not
  72. having as much space play outdoors.
  73. And if you were to play outdoors, it would affect
  74. your health.
  75. Long term.
  76. I would say that that makes being physically active in
  77. china very difficult while researching what makes other countries so
  78. successful in the categories, china needs the most.
  79. Work in Sweden and Slovenia excelled in these two categories.
  80. In Sweden, 94-100% of 0 to 15 year olds living
  81. in urban areas have access to green space within 300
  82. m of their house, 99% and 89% of 12 to
  83. 18 year olds report feeling safe or quite safe outside
  84. where they lived during the daytime and nighttime, which means
  85. they received a level a If we look at Slovenia,
  86. they received an a for their government strategies and investments.
  87. Their government strongly supports children's physical activity.
  88. It transformed the healthy lifestyle intervention program into an experimental
  89. program in 155 primary school with the goal to introduce
  90. it in all primary schools after three years.
  91. So if we look at the slow fit system, it
  92. is a national surveillance system for physical and motor development
  93. of Children and youth after child's data is analysed in
  94. schools, the parents received an automatic notification regarding their child's
  95. physical activity rate.
  96. This is a very strong incentive for parents to assert,
  97. assure sufficient physical activity to their Children.
  98. Mhm. Mhm.
  99. Mhm. So if we consider air pollution as one of
  100. the most debilitating factors, there are some solutions I have
  101. determined, but they're quite costly.
  102. Which is why china needs your help.
  103. It is possible to reduce air pollution emissions through pollution.
  104. Abatement measures including installing equipment to remove particulate matter, few
  105. flue gas, diesel utilization and deny traffic ation.
  106. So if we were place cold with natural gas and
  107. expand clean energy vehicles, china will be able to have
  108. the funds to keep future generations safe and active.
  109. With improved air quality comes improved cardiovascular health, more desire
  110. to play outside and most importantly, a healthy physical lifestyle.
  111. So the first step in designing and implementing effective policies
  112. and interventions for increasing young people's physical activities.
  113. To understand its current status, China has had a physical
  114. fitness testing system for many years, although nationwide longitudinal survey
  115. valence data on physical activity among youth in china is
  116. still lacking.
  117. So I'm proposing an idea similar to slow fit in
  118. Slovenia, where the parents receive a notification not only about
  119. their Children's physical abilities, but also showing how important it
  120. is to be physically active.
  121. This way, the parents are educated in many different ways
  122. and this will hopefully encourage their Children to become more
  123. active just as much as the parents would support their
  124. education. We will use the funds received to create this
  125. system and have every schools program be paid for with
  126. these solutions.
  127. The impact of the improvements that could be made.
  128. Short term air quality, aiding in Children with breathing conditions
  129. such as asthma.
  130. Long term could be longer life expectancy, long term health
  131. issues and are less likely to occur.
  132. If we implemented, the revised version of slow fit, parents
  133. will be able to become more conscious of their Children's
  134. health and the goal would be for the parents to
  135. encourage your child to be active for at least 60
  136. minutes daily.
  137. There will be improved health with increased physical activity, which
  138. will lead to reduce stress and anxiety.
  139. Long term it will protect against many chronic diseases and
  140. aid in weight management.
  141. This will lower blood pressure and improve heart health overall
  142. they will live a healthier life.
  143. Please consider choosing the country that is most in need
  144. and that will benefit greatly now and for future generations
  145. for the sake of the Children.