【雅思小伦哥-外刊精读】零零后们，体力弱小，抵抗力差，何以抗压？

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Studies reveal that kids today are lacking physical literacy

零零后们，体力弱小，抵抗力差，何以抗压？

A recent study in Perth has shown that the majority of Gen Z kids are displaying a lack of physical and motor skills compared to previous generations. These basic physical skills include balance, running, jumping, throwing and catching. The study compared differences between kids of today, and their counterparts years ago.

珀斯近期的一项研究表明，与前几代相比，“Z一代”的大多数孩子欠缺体育和运动技能。这些基本的体育技能包括平衡、跑步、跳跃、投掷和接球。研究对当代和前几代的孩子进行了比较。

According to The West Australian, “The University of WA, which carried out the study, said the ‘worrying’ findings demonstrated the need for a national physical activity policy for childcare centres, many of which were falling short.” In the biggest program of its kind in Perth, UWA measured the skills of children aged three to eight from 41 schools and 11 childcare centres over the past five years.

《西澳大利亚报》称，“这项研究由西澳大利亚大学组织，他们表示，研究结果令人担忧，许多托儿所都未对体育技能进行必要的培养，制定一项全国性的体育活动政策很有必要。过去五年，西澳大利亚大学对41所学校和11个托儿所中3-8岁儿童的技能进行了测评，这是珀斯同类项目中规模最大的项目。

“In 1994, when The Lion King was the top-grossing movie and kids were playing with Super Nintendos, View-Masters and Power Rangers, they were able to bounce and catch a ball 14 times in 20 seconds. Today, children can only achieve eight catches in the same time frame.” It was also found that kindergarten children can stand on one leg for an average of 15.4 seconds, compared with 22 seconds in 1994.

《狮子王》是1994年最卖座的电影，那时孩子们玩超级任天堂、魔景和超级战队，他们能够在20秒内完成14次弹球和接球。如今，孩子们在同样的时间内只能完成8次。研究还发现，如今幼儿园的孩子平均单腿站立时间为15.4秒，而1994年是22秒。

After the findings, the UWA team developed an eight-week programme named KIDDO which has apparently significantly improved kids’ physical skills in schools and centres where it was implemented. KIDDO program director Amanda Derbyshire, from UWA’s school of human sciences, said that lifestyle habits are a large contributor to poor physical skills.

调查结束后，西澳大利亚大学研究小组成立了一个名为KIDDO的项目，项目为期八周，在实施范围内的学校和托儿所中取得了显著成果，孩子们的体育技能得到了大幅提高。项目由西澳大利亚大学人文科学院阿曼达·德比谢尔组织，她表示，生活习惯与体育技能密切相关。

She said, “It comes down to play moving from outdoor and active to indoor and sedentary. If you look at the amount of time we spend indoors, it’s scary, it’s really worrying because (a lack of) physical activity has links to being overweight and obese and the cost is huge.” The problem is not just confined to Australia, as similar studies conducted around the world show low levels of physical literacy.

她指出，“总体来讲，娱乐方式从户外趣味活动变成了久坐不动的室内活动。我们呆在室内的时间过长，这令人担忧，因为体育活动的欠缺将导致超重和肥胖问题，而解决这些问题的代价巨大。”不仅澳大利亚有这样的问题，其他地方的同类研究也表明孩子们的体能较低。

In Canada, a study done last year by the researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, examined more than 10,000 children aged 8-12 across Canada over three years, to discover that only one-third of them had a basic level of “physical literacy”. According to the Global News, “That means that most kids lack skills like throwing a ball and perform below expectations in aerobic tests, don’t get enough physical activity and what’s more — they don’t want to.”

去年加拿大安大略东部儿童医院的研究人员开展了一项研究，他们在三年的时间里调查了加拿大10000多名8-12岁的儿童，发现只有三分之一达到了基本的“体能”要求。《环球新闻》指出，“这意味着大多数孩子缺乏投球等技能，有氧测试结果也远低预期，他们缺乏体育锻炼，更严重的是，他们根本无心参与锻炼。”