The Physical Activity Alliance, the nation’s largest national coalition dedicated to advancing regular participation in physical activity, has released the 2024 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. The overall physical activity grade for children and youth remained low at D-, the same grade it received in 2022, the last time a report was made.
“The 2024 Report Card offers an opportunity for collaboration among schools, parents, public health practitioners, researchers and policymakers to address the problem of insufficient physical activity, including right here in Missouri,” said Elizabeth Dodson, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and one of 16 members of the Report Card Research Advisory Committee.
“The lack of improvement in these metrics since the 2022 Report Card was published should serve as an alert to our community that we need to actively pursue solutions that make daily physical activity a reality for children and teens in our Missouri communities.”