4 02 MORE SPORT TO COMBAT PARIS 2 SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES Working on its conviction that sport is a powerful tool for enhancing health and well-being, Paris 2024 is committed to promoting physical activity across all age groups, starting with young people. MORE SPORT IN SCHOOLS: 30 MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERY DAY Schools play an essential role in TEACHING APPROPRIATE SPORTS TECHNIQUES and enabling children to embrace activities and values that will stay with them for the rest Michel Cymes © P P HILI KMS of their lives. PP / Doctor and Paris 2024 E AU health ambassador MILLERE In partnership with Paris 2024, the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport has "Sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity launched an experiment in which French primary are the fourth largest cause of mortality in the world. Yet, they are easily avoidable. If we are aware schoolchildren will exercise for 30 minutes each of the fact that we need to exercise and change our day. At the beginning of 2022, 7000 SCHOOLS, habits, we will really be able to change things in the reprensenting 500,000 STUDENTS are already long term. Action is absolutely vital." committed to the process. S E M A N G E P 4 O 2 0 S 2 I R A P 34 © Laura Gilli