A number of scientific studies are alerting us to the physical evolution of the new generations, and in particular to the large number of overweight children and the resurgence of allergy and asthma among them, which is raising questions.
Events such as viral epidemics, like COVID 19 for example, accentuate this observation.
At a time when we expect working people to work longer to balance the pension funds, has the legislator considered the arrival in working life of these generations of future adults who will have greater medical needs due to the problems outlined above? What about financing the health insurance fund?
Will these future workers be able to work and contribute?
There is an urgent need to get to grips with this issue and as a PE teacher I am making my small contribution at local level by doing everything I can to give children the desire to take part in physical activity and to gain the self-confidence to acquire the tools to manage their future physical lives.
My aim is to create an environment that is conducive to learning in PE (Physical Education and Sport), and this involves structural organisation of teaching, constant research into innovations, and close collaboration with all the local players (parents, local partners, doctors, etc.).
Damien LEBEGUE PE teacher in the Reims academy Digital referent (IAN) damien.lebegue@ac-reims.fr
