Synonyms: "poner al niño en movimiento"

[fglorca]

I’m looking for another way to express the sentence below in Spanish, using different words:
‘poner al niño en movimiento’

My attempt:
asegurar de que el joven haga alguna forma de ejercicio’

The sentence has been taken from the paragraph below:

“Uno de los principales objetivos del programa es poner al niño en movimiento. La característica más frecuente entre los que presentan sobrepeso es el sedentarismo, – muchas horas en el sofá con dispositivos electrónicos – y consumo de alimentos hipercalóricos.”

Is my attempt correct? Is there another way this sentence can be re-written in Spanish?

Many thanks in advance.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Note that "joven" is not "niño". A "niño" is a human being under 12 years old, but a "joven" is a teenager or a young adult.

After "asegurar" one doesn't use "de", unless it is "asegurarse", and the meaning changes too:

- José me aseguró que vendría. Voy a llamarlo; así me aseguro de que sí vendrá.
José assured me that he'd come. I'll call him, that way I'll make sure he will come.

I will also have to object the use of "asegurarse", because the sentence says that the program wants to motivate a child to exercise, but there is no way to control that it will, and "asegurarse" means that the responsible people will make sure things will be as they expect. :thinking:


Some proposals:

- hacer que el niño se mueva / se ejercite / haga ejercicio / realice actividades físicas...
- motivar al niño para que...
- provocar que el niño...
...

[fglorca]

Thank you so much, AngelicaDeAlquezar, for your excellent explanations (and corrections!).