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Frequency of Physical Education Affects Adult Obesity Levels

Physical Education Update

( I don’t normally do this, but here’s an article directly from the pages of the PE Update.com website). “As public health officials wring their hands about the obesity epidemic, there’s a solution that is relatively low-cost, ready to implement and obvious to anyone involved in school health and physical education.

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Obesity, Hunger, Inactivity and the Search for Hidden Answers

Physical Education Update

It raises some interesting questions about our perception of the causes of obesity, hunger and lack of activity. ” Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here! To subscribe to the free Fun Stuff for PE Newsletter, Click Here!

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

Reinventing the Game

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? There was a time where the age group I deal with are supposed to be ready for their enlistment in the uniform-groups via their fitness lessons in schools ) To a large extent, precision also plays a big part of how the fraternity exhibits in delivering PE.

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Mandatory Physical Education Could Pay for Obama’s Health Care Plan

Physical Education Update

The latest estimate on the cost of obesity in America is $147 BILLION PER YEAR! That’s right – eliminating obesity and its related illnesses (heart disease, diabetes etc) could provide enough money to fund free health care for every man, woman and child in America!! Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.

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Politicians! We Need a National Fitness Strategy and a New National Identity!

Physical Education Update

A 2004 study at Queens University in Kingston Ontario, determined that the economic burden of physical activity and obesity in Canada represented $3.2 An American study determined that the total costs from obesity alone, in 1995, was $99.2 Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here!

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Irish Physical Activity Campaign

Physical Education Update

Childhood obesity and inactivity is a phenomenon in every affluent, developed country in the world. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com To check out the PE Update.com website, click here Physical Education Update [tags]physical education,physical activity campaigns,physical fitness for children> [/tags]

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Get Out of Your Armchair Video Promotes the Benefits of Exercise

Physical Education Update

Obesity and inactivity isn’t just a North American problem. The absence of physical exercise, coupled with unhealthy diet, has turned excessive weight into a major public health problem with over 50% of adults overweight or obese in EU countries. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. Physical Education Update.

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