Friday 24 June 2022 10:27 PM Three in four US teens are not getting enough exercise daily trends now
More than half of teens in America are not receiving enough exercise every day, contributing to the nation's budding obesity crisis, a new study finds.
Researchers at the University of Georgia, in Athens, found that around 75 percent of Americans aged 14 to 18 are not reaching daily recommended exercise levels - with girls reporting less activity than their male peers.
Not enough recreational time schools combined with the potential negative effects of bullying seem to be the main factors, according to the researchers.
America is currently undergoing a pediatric obesity crisis, with 20 percent of children being dangerously overweight and more than 200,000 suffering from diabetes, according to official figures.
Researchers found that 75% of American children are not getting enough exercise daily, with girls in particular living more sedentary lifestyles (file photo)
'The length of recess, physical facilities and social environments at schools have been found to affect physical activity among students,' Dr Janani Thapa, a health policy professor at Georgia who led the research, said in a statement.
Researchers, who published their findings earlier this year in the Journal of Adolescence, gathered data from a survey that encompassed 360,000 high school students in the Peach state.
The survey included questions on exercise habits, but also on more social matters like school connectedness, peer and adult social support, acceptance, their environment, school safety, bullying and support environment at school.
Ninth graders, who were the youngest to take part in the survey, reported the most physical activity with twelfth graders
