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.


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!).