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Importance of Physical Education 

Sadly, childhood obesity is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 17% of children and adolescents ages 2-19 years are obese, which puts the at risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes. Approximately 80% of children who were overweight at aged 10–15 years were obese adults at age 25. Therefore obese children and adolescents are more likely to become obese as adults. These numbers are alarming and something must be done to put stop to this rising epidemic.

One of the contributing factors to this problem is not getting enough physical activity. Daily participation in school physical education among adolescents dropped 14% over the last 13 years — from 42% in 1991 to 28% in 2003. Gym requirements vary for each school and state, but no matter what we must keep our kids active. Kids spend so much time at school, therefore schools have the opportunity to lead students in the right direction towards living healthy.

One person whose helping young students make a step in the right direction is Michelle Obama. She's helping kids get active with a "Let's Move!" campaign in the hopes of raising healthier kids. The campaign promotes helping parents make better food choices, serving healthier food in school vending machines and lunch lines, making healthy food more available and affordable, and encouraging children to exercise more. The website for the "Lets Move!" found below provides activities and recipes for healthy living.

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[] This article explains why school children should be able to have physical education daily. The main points are to try to get the children in better shape, allow the children to excerise with their friends and learn lessons that they can't in the classroom such as sportsmanship, teamwork and self confidence.

Obesity and overweight epidemic in schools.

Physical Education In American Public Schools

In the past, most children were extremely fit and loved being outdoors and active. Now in the year 2010, most people can tell that things have certainly changed. Some schools have decreased the number of days that students meet for physical education per week. While other schools have did away with physical education in schools completely. It is more than important for children to grow up in a healthy surrounding, starting with our school. Our kids are our future. If 15% of our children ages 6-19 are obese, we can only imagine how much the numbers will increase in the near future. We must first start with our children and get them to stay active and healthy. Other than the problem with obesity in our children, not staying active can rapidly reduce the performance in school. Besides poor performance, and overweight problems, children also begin to show severe psychology problems especially in girls.

So it is clear how important physical education is when it comes to our children. Schools should begin to increase time kids spend during recess and gym hours and make cafeteria food in schools. Some wonderful advocates for these suggestions are Michelle Obama and her "let's move" campaign as well as Jamie Oliver's "food revolution". Both of these respectable people are wonderful promoters in children eating right and exercising daily.

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