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So, I'm sure you understand that it's important
to be physically active and healthy. It's
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a pretty obvious thing to say, isn't it? Like
saying you'd rather live on land than underwater.
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Or you'd rather call your friends than fax
them.
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But just how important is being active and
healthy? Well, let’s look. In the entire
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world, physical inactivity is the fourth leading
risk factor for mortality behind high blood
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pressure, tobacco use and high blood sugar.
Physical inactivity is the main cause for
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about ¼ of all deaths caused by breast and
colon cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
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Now, people aged 5 – 17 should accumulate
60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical
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activity in a day. But currently, only 7%
of youth are getting the recommended amount
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of physical activity.
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We have a similar problem when we examine
healthy living. Less than half of children
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and youth are getting the recommended number
of servings or fruit and vegetable daily.
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Without change, these children will have lifespans
that are three to four years shorter than
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today's adults, due to obesity.
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So, it's clearly very important to be physically
active, and healthy. And to work towards getting
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But here's the problem. Before you can make
changes and get to a position where you're
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physically active and making healthy decisions
you've got to learn something called health
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and physical literacy.
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What's that you ask?...Ahem…Health literacy
is the ability to develop critical thinking
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skills to make good decisions about your health.
Physical literacy is the ability to move with
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competence and confidence in a wide variety
of physical activities.
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It's like this: say you want to drive a car.
You don't just hop in the seat, and start
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zipping around. You've got some basic skills
to learn first. Steering, stopping, parallel
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parking. OK, maybe you still can't parallel
park.
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The point is, you have to learn the basic
skills and strategies before you can drive.
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Your health is the same way.
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Let’s take physical literacy. To feel comfortable
and confident being physically active, and
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therefore more likely to be regularly active,
you need to learn fundamental movement skills
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like how to dodge, hop, skip, jump, kick and
overhand throw.
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Once you’re comfortable and confident with
these skills, you can start to apply various
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strategies in physical activities. For example,
when playing sledge hockey, you may be playing
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defense so learning to ‘defend a space’
will be a very useful strategy. This applies
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to hockey and basketball too! When you play
bocce or wheelchair curling, ‘avoiding obstacles’
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will help you to score points and learning
'aim and accuracy' helps with jai alai and
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It's the same if you want to be healthy. To
be health literate, you have to learn basic
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critical and creative thinking skills like
planning, processing, drawing conclusions
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and reflecting. Through these, you develop
the ability to make healthy choices like eating
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well, avoiding smoking and making good decisions
about your emotional wellbeing.
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Making good choices isn't like flipping on
a switch. We learn how to do it.
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Health and physical literacy get you to a
place where you're competent and confident
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in physical activities and making healthy
smart choices about your life. This will help
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you get better grades, make friends and just
generally make you a happier, healthier person.
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