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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

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Instead, it helps to empower them with motor skills, physical literacy, and a vast array of other health and wellness tools to promote overall health. Physical education programs should be: Quality – PE programs are more than just playing sports and “rolling out the ball.”

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

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He has taught physical education at preschool, elementary, and high school levels and courses related to exercise science, coaching, health, and wellness at the university level. Secondary conditions occur as a result of a primary disability and can include pressure sores, pain, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and obesity.

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PLT4M and Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Partnership

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Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Obesity, anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues are all at elevated rates. Lakeshore houses the CDC-funded National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD).

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Physical Activity vs Physical Education

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For example, if they participate in sports, marching band, or prove they participate in some other type of physical activity, they don’t have to take PE. So again, while sports are great opportunities for older students to participate in physical activity, they should not completely replace physical education classes.