“Children who start participating in sports between ages 6 to 12 have 40% higher test scores, 7 to 8% higher lifetime earnings, a 15% increased likelihood of college attendance”
- $147,000,000,000
- Estimated medical costs related to obesity…twice the size of the budget for the U.S. Department of Education.
- 5,000
- The annual number of patients served by Recreational Rehabilitation Therapy at Shepherd Center
- $573
- The average cost of equipment for football, lacrosse or hockey
- 21,500,000
- Total number of kids between the age of 6 and 17 playing team sports
- 25%
- Percentage of high school girls who have NEVER participated in organized sports
- 3rd from last
- Where Georgia ranks as a percentage of boys and girls playing high school sports.
- 67%
- The percentage of young athletes that say they met people through sports that they wouldn’t have met otherwise.
- 30%
- Obesity rate for children in the United States
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