In spring 2020, when soccer and sports clubs closed for sever-al weeks due to the Corona pandemic, children and adoles-cents looked for alternative physical activities.
According to a supplementary study covering more than 1700 children and adolescents aged from 4 to 17 as part of the Motorik-Modul Study (MoMo) conducted by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Karlsruhe University of Education (PHKA), the children were physically active about 36 minutes longer every day, but also spent an hour more in front of screens and monitors.
“Surprisingly, boys and girls looked for a replacement of the cancelled sports offers, also those, who had not been physically active before,” says Dr. Claudia Niessner. [Read more…] about Hardly any sports but more physical activity during lockdown
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