Sportz Village EduSports, India’s leading school sports organisation, released the findings of its landmark 14th Annual Health Survey (AHS) 2026 on Friday. Spanning 1,41,840 children across 333 schools in 112 cities, the report delivers evidence-based insights into post-COVID fitness recovery, the decisive impact of structured Physical Education (P.E.), and persistent health gaps that demand urgent systemic action. Launched in 2010, the Annual Health Survey has become India’s definitive barometer of children’s physical health. The 14th edition assesses seven key parameters including Body Mass Index (BMI), Aerobic Capacity, Anaerobic Capacity, Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Core/Abdominal Strength, and Flexibility. Two out of every three school-going children in India cannot sustain basic cardiorespiratory activity. Aerobic fitness is the single strongest predictor of lifelong cardiovascular health, and its absence in childhood is a direct pipeline to adult diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Across all schools, this is the most alarming and most stubborn deficit the survey has tracked in 14 years. Alongside this, 40% of children fall outside a healthy BMI range, a figure that has barely …