Americans Want Schools to Take Recess Seriously

New Poll Reveals that Parents See School Playground as Key to Helping Kids Stay Phisically Active, Focused in Classroom 
Americans overwhelmingly believe that schools have a major role to play in advancing the health of our nation’s kids. Parents are specifically concerned about the lack of recess and physical activity in schools, according to new polling results released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Sports4Kids, a national nonprofit that brings safe and healthy playtime to low-income elementary schools.

This survey reveals that Americans intuitively understand the critical relationship between our health and where and how we live, work, learn and play, and that the physical and social environment in our schools have an outsized impact on the health of our kids.

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• Download two-page survey report.

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