On June 8, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to write a declaration of independence. It named a committee to do the writing. One of its members was Thomas Jefferson, a lawyer from Virginia. He had been a leader in Virginia, and Virginia had elected him to the Continental Congress.
1 When the number of minutes for physical education and recess were combined, the average number of minutes per week for these activities ranged from 208 to 222 minutes across elementary grades (table 19). Small schools had a higher number of average minutes per week of scheduled physical education than did medium-sized and large schools, and rural schools had higher averages than did schools located in other locales (table 18).
1 Smoking status: exâsmokers and people who never smoked were 1.2 times more likely to have done sufficient physical activity compared with current smokers. 2  Sedentary activity occupied an average 39 hours per week for adults, with close to 10 hours of this sitting at work.n recent times, the dangers of high levels of sedentary behaviour to overall health have also been recognised in relation to chronic disease and obesity. Children and young people. 1  In 2011-12, toddlers and pre-schoolers (aged 2â4 years) spent an average of around 6 hours per day engaged in physical activity.