Many parents understand the frustration of coming home from work to find their teens slumped on the couch with their eyes glued to their phones or the TV.
This isn’t unusual, and dozens of studies have shown that physical activity levels decline during the teenage years. In Australia, less than 10 percent of older adolescents are getting enough physical activity. According to statistics from the American Heart Association, among U.S. high school students, only about one in four get the recommended hour per day of physical activity.
Adolescence is also a time when there’s a spike in mental health problems. It’s a key period of human development characterized by rapid psychological and biological changes due to the onset of puberty and associated hormones….