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<br />Age Groups - COJJUllued <br /> <br />Impact on Parks and Recreation: <br /> <br />Cllildrr[} an<llC'e'llS I'('pr('~c'nt, 2<Li% of the population <br />or 1 n.4H7 peoplp, Across Ihr United St.ates over :W pf.rcp,nt <br />of chilc1I'en over age six are ovel'\veight. or Lhese children. <br />onp. in thr!'E' horn after t.lw year 2000 will c1rvrlop diahetes. <br />This rrencl is clh'AClly influenced hy I.he~ loss of fme t.irn(~, <br />OV('I' the [lasl two decades. children have lost 12 hours <br />of fl't'C' Lime a week. including eight hours of unstl'lIcturf'u <br />play Clnd ou((joor activities. Although stueJies indicate the <br />amount of time spent in organized sports has douhled for <br />t.his age group. sports participation does nOL ensurf' I.hf' <br />necessary levels of physical activity required for heall,h and <br />physical fitness. <br /> <br />The~ activity lc'vels of children and teens ha"f also <br />deer'eased as participat.ion in passive IfJisurp activities <br />has increased. i\ recent study shows thaL (,hI' nIJrnhcl' of <br />mlnutc's childrnn devot.e t.o passive spectator leisure. nor <br />counting TV hut including sports viewing. has increasrd <br />fl\-"ofole1 fl'Oll1 30 rninutr.s to ovO/' 2 hOllrs, i\nothl'r stu(ly <br />indicated that children and teens spend 2-3 hours a day <br />watching TV, <br /> <br />Education <br /> <br />(i(L1% of r{'sidl'nts over the a~e of 2;; (34,566 people) <br />who live in Redwood City have ai, least some college, <br />or an associalPs, bachelors, or graduate degree. <br /> <br />Impact on Parks and Recreation: <br /> <br />Education is llighly correlated to participation in parks and <br />n~creation activit.ies including fitness and enrichment, Glasses. <br />t.herefore t.he higher a community's education level. the mol'r. <br />intr['est thr.rr. will he in recreation activities. <br /> <br />Those who Me highly educated tend to have diverse parks <br />and recreation inlereSls when compared to thosr who al'(' <br />not as highly eelucale<l. Childrr.n of highly educated parents <br />are morp, likely to he enrolled in after-school enrichment <br />activities and t,han thosp. whose parent.s are not highly <br />('elL/rated. This indicates a need t.o proviele a variety of <br />classes, aClivitirs. and facilit.ies. <br /> <br />7A <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />S('(}f)/n~ S{IJ(~\, I 4 <br /> <br />Figure 4 Childrcn & Tcens "'lillll i' Ii '/I ': I/"I!, '. III <br /> <br />26.0% <br /> <br /> <br />. ChildrenlTeens <br />e Mature Adults <br /> <br />. Family Forming Adults <br />RetirementAge <br /> <br />Figure 5 Educational AttOlnmcnl "'f'/lIil fI / ,,'.1,,/'1, \ 1\' <br /> <br />80% <br />69.5% 71.4% 71.7% 73.4% <br />60% <br />40% <br />20% <br />0% <br /> 2007 2012 <br />. City of Redwood City San Mateo County . California <br /> <br /> <br />({)20 1 0 nit' Sports ;\1alJa#tment GroUfJ <br />