Also less than 36 percent of elementary and secondary schools offer daily PE classes, and most classes were unlikely to foster lifelong physical activity. A fitness testing program sponsored by the Chrysler Fund Amateur Athletic Union, which tracks fitness among 9.7 million youngsters between the ages of 6 and 17, shows that children are getting slower in endurance running and are getting weaker. Fifteen million American children under age 18 are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home. It's estimated that 3,000 American young people become smokers every day. Children spend an average of 17 hours a week watching TV plus to the time they spend on video and computer games.
Inactive children are more likely to become inactive adults.
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