MORE SPORT TO COMBAT SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES MORE SPORT IN SCHOOLS: 30 MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVERY DAY Schools play an essential role in TEACHING APPROPRIATE SPORTS TECHNIQUES and enabling children to embrace activities and values that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. In partnership with Paris 2024, the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport has launched an experiment in which French primary schoolchildren will exercise for 30 minutes each day. At the beginning of 2022, 7000 SCHOOLS , reprensenting 500,000 STUDENTS are already committed to the process. Working on its conviction that sport is a powerful tool for enhancing health and well-being, Paris 2024 is committed to promoting physical activity across all age groups, starting with young people. © Laura Gilli Michel Cymes Doctor and Paris 2024 health ambassador "Sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity are the fourth largest cause of mortality in the world. Yet, they are easily avoidable. If we are aware of the fact that we need to exercise and change our habits, we will really be able to change things in the long term. Action is absolutely vital." © P H I L I P P E M I L L E R E A U / K M S P PARIS 2024 OPEN GAMES PARIS 2024 34