School Uniform Effects On Kids: School is the place where children build their future by participating in physical activities along with studies. But in the last few years it has been seen that there has been a decrease in the physical activities of children in schools. Different lifestyle of children, increasing mobile screen time and pressure of education can be considered the reasons for this. But a recent study has shockingly revealed that children’s school uniform is also causing their physical activities to reduce. Let us know what has been said in this study.
This has been said in the study
A study conducted by Cambridge University states that school uniform policy has played a big role in preventing students, especially primary school girls, from participating in physical activities. In this study, data of physical activities of more than one million students aged 5 to 17 years from all over the world was used. This study revealed that in the countries where uniforms are mandatory in most of the schools, very few students were doing one hour of daily physical activity as required by the World Health Organization (WHO). Can complete.
Skirts may cause problems during physical activities
The study says that in countries where this policy was not in place, boys are not able to complete one hour of physical activities as compared to girls. However, the difference in physical activity between girls and boys was greater in primary school students where school uniforms were mandatory. Researchers who have studied in this regard say that younger students keep doing casual activities throughout the day compared to older students. Like running during lunch and being more active in other physical activities. In such a situation, girls avoid participating in such casual and active physical activities after wearing short skirts or more open dresses because they feel uncomfortable running around in these clothes.
What does WHO say?
WHO also says that girls are lagging behind boys in fulfilling the guidelines of physical activities in schools and one reason for this could be what has been said in this study. Although the researchers do not claim about this, they say that School uniform can affect the physical activities of girls. In such a situation, researchers have advised that school communities can make some changes in the design of school uniforms so that girls can be encouraged to do more physical activities in school through special uniforms.
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