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Physical Education Waivers Make No Economic Sense

Physical Education Update

Statistics show that almost 2/3 of Ohio adults are overweight or obese and only 47% of Ohio adults get a sufficient amount of physical activity. That’s because it’s possible for students to participate in varsity sports, yet gain an incomplete skill-set for maintaining a healthy lifestyle throughout their adult years. billion per year!!!

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Teaching Health & Physical Education - Everyday is the way

Physical Education Ideas

Furthermore, physical education helps students to improve their coordination, balance, and strength, which is essential for participating in sports and other physical activities and promotes life-long physical learning. Moreover, regular physical activity reduces the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

How much does insisting on exact range of motion, including replicating accurately examples of proven coordination from higher level performance specific to others, contribute to overall learning from an understanding point of view for the learner? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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The Whole School Model To Physical Education & Activity

PLT4M

And this lack of physical activity doesn’t come without consequences – it impacts everything from students struggling to focus in class to staggering rates of childhood obesity. In the past, we have looked at physical education as the sole solution to addressing physical activity and students’ physical health and well-being.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

Martínez is a Project Coordinator for the Community Health Department at Lakeshore Foundation and an Inclusion Specialist for The National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD). In addition, the obesity rate for children with a disability is 38 percent higher than for children without a disability.

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Physical Education Articles For Advocacy

PLT4M

These cutbacks come at a time when the United States is struggling with increased rates of childhood obesity, mental health issues, and concerns about academic performance of students. For example, the United States recently received a D- on a recent report for overall physical activity for children and youth.

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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

PLT4M

Balance and Coordination – Reduces the risks of falls. Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. Cancer Prevention – Lowers risk of eight cancers: bladder, breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, lung, and stomach. Healthy Weight – Reduces the risk of weight gain.