Dublin GAA is adding its weight to a research project being undertaken to tackle childhood inactivity.
Dublin City University and the Insight Centre for Data Analytics will be the lead partners in an ambitious programme looking to assess over 3,000 students in the next three years with regard to their physical literacy, health related fitness, wellbeing and physical activity.
Irish Physical Activity Guidelines for Health currently state that all children and young people, from two to eighteen years of age, should have at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.
There is evidence to suggest that less than 20% of children are meeting these guidelines and that even fewer have a good grasp and understanding of fundamental movement skills.
Current children’s physical literacy is dropping to an unprecedented low level. In addition, the research will explore other elements to better understand the factors leading to obesity and reduced levels of physical activity.
It is hoped the research will lead to innovative interventions addressing these problems from a new angle.
Dublin GAA has been to the fore in creating awareness of movement and activity as well as the skills of the games in their 200 plus clubs across the capital.
