Finishing the holidays and starting school implies that you have to organize the schedules of the whole family and even look for some extracurricular activity that boys and girls enjoy, that is enjoyable and suits them.
Many of the boys opt for a sport but it is not as frequent among girls and now we have also known that at a lower level of family income, less chance that girls, if only girls, will perform a sporting activity.
The Complutense University of Madrid has indicated these days that there are fewer girls who do sports that the children who practice it and above all, if these girls live in more economically disadvantaged families.
Only a few days ago the Complutense University of Madrid has presented the conclusions of a study in which he has been working together with the Newcastle University (United Kingdom).
A study in which the practice of sport among minors and their relationship with the income of their families has been analyzed.
To carry it out, they have analyzed the habits of more than four thousand children from 4 to 14 years old, based on data from the National Health Survey for the years 2011 and 2012.
They have detected that social and economic differences they are the cause of some children practicing more or less sports than others and when the family income is lower, the chances of girls not practicing any sport are higher.
24'2% of girls do not practice any sport against 16'8% of boys.
Yes, it is true that the inactivity of Spanish girls is quite common with that developed by other girls from different countries, as the UCM researchers have been able to verify the data.
Girls, in general, in the last years of this age group analyzed, "Fancy" Less sports. Emotional problems influence them negatively, they are negatively affected by feeling unhappy or feeling insecure and all this discourages them when practicing a sports activity.
Economy and culture of parents
The formation of parents also has an important impact on the practice of some kind of sports discipline by their children.
In the study carried out by the Complutense University in collaboration with the University of Newcastle, they have been able to detect that if one of the parents has a university degree, their children are more likely to practice sports perhaps because they tend to be more aware of the benefits that sport and physical activity have on both boys 'and girls' health.
It is obvious that minors from families with lower incomes do not have the same chances of their parents enrolling them in sports centers or extracurricular activities.
It is evident that when a boy or a girl practices a sport, he is likely to continue practicing a sporting activity as an adult. This is something that will directly influence your general state of health, may influence your being less likely to be obese (both as a child and as an adult) and have fewer cardiovascular diseases in adulthood.
As it is also more than evident that by the administration it is a long-term investment in the health of the population Therefore, the authors encourage public administrations to design policies aimed at reducing this inactivity due to the socio-economic gap of minors.
We would have to look for options to that all girls who wish so can develop a sport in its closest environment and the sooner the better and also encourage those who have not yet found the pleasure of practicing sports, to discover it. For them and for their health.
