This information can be useful in helping adults determine the opportunities and risks of social media for physical activity education, and the types of material that young people engage with and use to inform their physical activity behaviours, and/or disregard because it is irrelevant, potentially harmful to their bodies, and/or just boring to use over time. In our research in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences we have been working with young people (n=1300, 13-18) across the UK to better understand, from their perspectives, how they use social media in relation to physical activity. There is a wealth of resources for young people and adults to choose from – how can adults help young people navigate their way through this wealth of material? For example, Joe Wicks (TheBod圜oach) is providing online physical education lessons in the form of High Intensity (HIT) Workouts on YouTube for families 9am each weekday, Sport England have released guidance on staying active, promoting 10 minute workouts, and Disney Dance Alongs and Disney themed-indoor games, and the BBC have promoted their SuperMovers programs focused on integrating movement with academic learning in Maths, English and Science. In the past few weeks an unprecedented amount of online resources and social media material have been promoted and released to help adults keep young people active in the home. This is all because being active has a number of benefits, including: confidence and social skills, co-ordination, concentration and learning, muscle and bone strength, health and fitness, healthy weight maintenance, sleep and overall wellbeing. Activities should be spread throughout the day and focus on the development of movement skills and muscle and bone strength, such as play, run/walk, skipping, climbing, sport, workouts, dance, and biking. The current UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines state that all young people (age 5-18) should complete 60 minutes physical activity per day (or equivalent accumulated across the week).
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Adults can help during these unprecedented times, by engaging with and understanding how to harness the educative potential of social media in physical activity promotion - while at the same time ensuring young people remain safe and healthy online. We need to remember that for many young people social media is a positive learning resource, that can impact positively on their health and wellbeing. The dynamic environment provided by social media can be used to promote physical activity - and that can help adults to help young people stay active every day. The current period of social distancing and isolation is creating challenges for parents and carers to find ways to support young people to stay active.
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