Prevention is the cure. And the cure is movement. Small changes in daily habits do not require additional funding, but rather commitment, consistency, and sustained support from both parents and educators.

Schools can do more: active breaks, meaningful physical education, and classrooms where movement is the norm rather than the exception. Families can also play their part by walking together, cooking at home, limiting screen time, ensuring adequate sleep, encouraging outdoor play, and sharing meals around the table without distractions or rushing.

For this to happen at scale, institutions must stop working in silos. We already have the data. We already know the urgency. What remains is the decision to act together before the pressure reaches a breaking point.

Source: The Clinic, Letter to the Editor, Karin Haddad Bendekovic, Coordinator of the Master’s Programme in Educational Psychomotricity Applied to Education, Universidad Finis Terrae.