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 Less than 5% of adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each day; only one in three adults receive the recommended amount of physical activity each week. 2  Only 35 â 44% of adults 75 years or older are physically active, and 28-34% of adults ages 65-74 are physically active. The least likely were Delaware (46.5%), West Virginia (47.1%) and Alabama (47.5%). 2  The national average for regular exercise is 51.6%. 3  Children now spend more than seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen (e.g., TV, videogames, computer).