DPA is A-OK !

I think implementing DPA in all schools across BC is an effective strategy to increase daily physical activity in teenagers' lives only if the schools across BC are committed to helping students. Students must be motivated and supported as they try to increase their daily physical activity. Students will definitely learn the benefits of being a healthy student once they do DPA. If a teenager does DPA during his/her adolescence it is more likely that the individual will continue to do so as an adult. However, the majority of students are lazy and have no interest in going out of their way to do 150 minutes of physical activity a week. Once the schools make DPA easy to incorporate into a students' schedule then improvement will surely happen. Although it's difficult for schools to meet the guiding principles of the DPA initiative, it's possible. Daily physical activities should vary in form and intensity, take into account each student's ability, consider resources available within the school and the larger community, and allow for student choice. Each school is expected to cater to every student's ability and liking. I think that once the schools actually meet these guidelines BC students will be participating in DPA. Although 150 minutes a week seems like a lot, it's an easy and doable standard. The idea of increasing daily physical activity in every BC teenagers' life is an optimistic goal.