NFL Play 60 Challenge
The Play 60 Challenge is a program intended to educate and motivate students to more before, during and after the school day. The design of the Challenge allows schools to create an environment that is conducive for physical activity.
Childhood obesity rates are at all-time highs: today, nearly 1 in 3 kids and teens in the United States are obese or overweight. That's why the National Football League and the American Heart Association have teamed up to create the NFL PLAY 60 Challenge - a program that inspires kids to get more physically active and help schools become places that encourage physically active lifestyles year-round.
The American Heart Association recommends that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Increased physical activity has been associated with longer life expectancies and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease as well as related risk factors such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity.
We know that physical activity produces overall physical, psychological and social benefits, and that inactive children are likely to become inactive adults. Evidence also suggests a relationship between increasead physical activity and improved academic performance. By leveraging the American Heart Association's health expertise and the NFL's commitment to physical fitness, we can achieve our goal of getting kids physically active for 60 minutes every day.
Childhood obesity rates are at all-time highs: today, nearly 1 in 3 kids and teens in the United States are obese or overweight. That's why the National Football League and the American Heart Association have teamed up to create the NFL PLAY 60 Challenge - a program that inspires kids to get more physically active and help schools become places that encourage physically active lifestyles year-round.
The American Heart Association recommends that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Increased physical activity has been associated with longer life expectancies and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease as well as related risk factors such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity.
We know that physical activity produces overall physical, psychological and social benefits, and that inactive children are likely to become inactive adults. Evidence also suggests a relationship between increasead physical activity and improved academic performance. By leveraging the American Heart Association's health expertise and the NFL's commitment to physical fitness, we can achieve our goal of getting kids physically active for 60 minutes every day.