Manitoba Healthy Schools is ready to launch their Spring 2011 Campaign with any schools willing to receive funding and participate. This year, their focus is Safety and Injury Prevention. With safer routes to school for kids, more students will walk or bike to school and that’s always a good thing to see!
Not only can cycling save time in the morning and be a convenient way of getting to school, research published by the American College of Sports Medicine suggests that children who cycle to school have higher levels of fitness and are overall more physically active than those who get there via other modes of transport.
Actively traveling to and from school may be a perfect solution for children to build in the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity into their day. In addition to the health benefits, walking, biking, roller blading or skateboarding to school helps heighten safety in the neighborhood, reduces traffic at intersections and lowers vehicle emissions — so why not?
More and more articles and features in the mainstream media lately closely parallel the work we’re doing around children’s mobility, health, sustainability and happiness with Active and Safe Routes to School and School Travel Planning.
The many benefits that come from active transportation to and from school.
Two short videos produced by the Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba (PACM) will give you ideas for walking and using transit this winter.
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