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根据一份报告，儿童的健康不好，是因为家长认为让孩子们步行到学校太危险和麻烦。
在一份 VicHealth 报告中的论文 - “忙碌的交通，儿童和年轻人“- 显示，维州小学的孩子，在上下课时间被接送的比例占了惊人的64%，
同时，超过3/4的父母住在离孩子的学校不到5公里的地方。
Jan Garrard 医生的报告显示，交通风险，“陌生人的危险” 以及汽车交通的方便，是孩子开车接送孩子上下课的主要原因。
该报告表明，那些走路上学的孩子比同龄人具有更好的心肺功能，同时一些其他研究表明，他们也较少有机会形成肥胖的毛病。
From: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news ... rf7jo-1225874225843
CHILDREN'S health is suffering because parents consider it too risky and troublesome to let them walk to school, according to a report.
Victorian primary-school-age children catch a lift to and from school a staggering 64 per cent of the time, research cited in a VicHealth report, Active Transport: Children and Young People, revealed.
More than three-quarters of parents live less than 5km away from their children's schools.
Traffic risks, "stranger danger" and the convenience of car travel were the main reasons parents gave for driving their children to school, Dr Jan Garrard's report showed.
Those who walk to school have better cardiovascular fitness than their peers, and some studies suggest they also have less chance of becoming obese, the report said.
Professor Rob Moodie, a health expert from the University of Melbourne, said children of an appropriate age developed a sense of independence and responsibility from walking to school unsupervised.
"Our culture has become highly car-dependent, and it has become almost seen as good parenting to drive your child to school," he said.
"There's all these fears about 'stranger danger', but the reality is the data is no worse than it has ever been," he said.
Just 22 per cent of Melbourne's youngsters walked to school in 1994, down sharply from about 53 per cent in 1970, the report said.
A study of the city's children aged 10-14 showed they walked less than their peers in many developed countries, including Britain, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
Melbourne mother Amanda Whitcher makes a point of walking her three sons to and from school each day.
The 20-minute walk is such an important part of the family's routine that she even arranges her office hours as a part-time GP around the daily ritual.
"I found it's really useful to get them to use up their boundless energy and to get them exercising in a fun way that we can all do together," she said.
"It also helps me to get them talking about their day. If we have to drive, they don't talk as much." |
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