Child Physical Activity
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is developing a series of reports, Healthy Children, Healthy State, to raise awareness of child health risk factors in order to develop new programs and actions, and to build on current initiatives in Texas. The Child Physical Activity in Texas report showcases the current state of physical activity for children in Texas.
This report was last updated on August 4, 2025 and utilizes the 2021-2023 Texas SPAN data.
Highlights
- Children and adolescents should engage in 60 or more minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day for optimal health and fitness.
- Only 23% of Texas school-aged children were physically active 60+ minutes/day on all 7 days during the previous week.
- Texas children and adolescents meet physical activity guidelines only 4.3 days/week. Girls meet 4.1 days/week, and boys meet 4.7 days/week.
Previous Reports
