Impact of new technologies on physical activity levels and sedentary lifestyle in students in Compulsory Secondary Education: Diagnosis and action plan

Abstract

Currently, new technologies are integrated into society and are an important and significant part of the lives of the youngest. These new technologies are sometimes related to sedentary behaviour that has led to reduced levels of physical activity in children, a factor that is directly related to an increase in childhood obesity. It is intended to find a new approach in which new technologies do not imply a cessation of physical activity but increase it and help improve the motivation of students towards it. These are considered as an opportunity to include physical activity in the lives of students, so it is about taking advantage of the important part that these suppose in their day to day life and the levels of attention that they provoke to integrate them into the subject of Physical Education.