A silent “epidemic” of sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity threatens French adolescents.
In a notice in the form of an alert for the public authorities, made public on Monday, the National Health Security Agency (Anses) reveals that 66% of adolescents aged 11 to 17 years are exposed to a
"risk worrying ”
for their health.
They report spending more than two hours a day in front of a screen, and devoting less than sixty minutes to physical activity.
A phenomenon undoubtedly accentuated by confinement.
“The combination of these two thresholds leads to a significant increase in health risk,”
emphasizes Prof. Irène Margaritis, head of the nutrition risk assessment unit at ANSES and study coordinator.
The danger involved (increase in body mass index, eating and sleeping disorders, acquisition of bad habits for the future in particular) is not in doubt.
It is demonstrated by numerous scientific studies
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