Abstract
Worldwide obesity is a major concerned and has doubled since the 1980’s. Overweight and obesity problems kill more people than underweight. Being overweight is not only limited to adults. More and more children below the age of five were overweight. As a result, the world is turning their attention to the importance of promoting physical activity at a younger age in an attempt to reduce obesity and chronic diseases later in life. Serious considerations need to be looked at especially in the area of physical activity and motor skills development among children and youth as these will determine their decision to remain physically active in later years. This article discusses the importance of physical activity for children in developing countries and provides some strategies in increasing fundamental motor skills among children.
Highlights
Worldwide obesity is a major concerned and has doubled since the 1980’s
The WHO (2011a) reports that 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight, obesity is considered a major global health problem
Some general conclusions may be drawn from the studies identified above: 1) disadvantaged preschool children are delayed in their motor skills and in need of intervention; 2) when provided with structured, developmentally appropriate motor instruction children can make significant and often large gains in their fundamental motor skills (FMS) remediating their prior delays, and 3) the children in the control groups who received the typical preschool curricula where physical activity opportunities were often non-facilitated and play-based, resulted in no improvements to FMS development
Summary
There is a world-wide concern about the obesity levels of adult and children alike. Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. Decreasing physical activity levels in the Indonesian population and increasing sedentary behaviors such television viewing and videogames are considered to be important determinants of the obesity epidemic in Indonesia (Roemling & Qain, 2012). These trends in childhood obesity and physical inactivity are of great concern from a public health and humanity stand point as they place children at greater risk for additional health problems such as diabetes and hypertension, as well as serving as a catalyst for social and behavioral issues that can be detrimental during the important early developmental years (Ward, 2010). Before we do this we will briefly look at the global and national recommendations for physical activity for children
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