AHPGS(Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences)
16 October 2024 Wednesday
70% of children quit sports by the age of 14
According to ISTANBUL(UAV) -World Health Organization health statistics, 24.8 percent of children aged 6-9 in Türkiye are obese, while 40 percent of children in sports schools in Istanbul are in the overweight-obese category. In addition, children quit sports at the rate of 70 percent until they reach the age of 14. Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Soyal stated that the biggest reason for children to quit sports is family pressure, while Dietitian Hande Nur Onur Öztürk stated that children can be directed to healthy nutrition with the price policy in school canteens.
