The Ministry of Education, in partnership with Banks DIH Limited, recently launched a national skipping rope contest intended to increase levels of physical activity among schoolchildren in Guyana. According to the Banks DIH Marketing representative who spoke at the launch, the company is committed to the health and well-being of their customers. He called on young people particularly, to be more physically active.
It is true that children (and people of all ages, actually) have become less physically active over the years. Lifestyles are more sedentary now, with people walking less and spending many hours now in front of a television or computer screen. This inactivity, coupled with unhealthy diets,