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Children need 60 minutes of active and vigorous play every day to grow up to a healthy weight.(source) If this sounds like a lot, consider that 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 ½ hours to using entertainment media including TV, computers, video games, cell phones and movies  in a typical day, and only a third of high school students get the recommended levels of physical activity.   To increase physical activity, today’s children need safe routes to walk and ride to school, parks, playgrounds and community centers where they can play and be active after school, and sports, dance or fitness programs that are exciting and challenging to keep them engaged. 

Let’s move to increase opportunities for kids to be physically active, both in and out of school and create new opportunities for families to be moving together. 

This Spring, LetsMove.gov will unveil specialized tool kits and strategies to help increase physical activity for our kids and ensure 60 minutes of active play each day.