The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide
“Over the last two decades, technology companies and policymakers warned of a ‘digital divide’ in which poor children could fall behind their more affluent peers without equal access to technology. Today, with widespread internet access and smartphone ownership, the gap has narrowed sharply. But with less fanfare a different division has appeared: Across the country, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than more affluent youngsters are. Call it the physical divide.”