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According the the CDC, the number of obese children has doubled since 1980 (2008). The CDC has also found that in 2007-2008 obesity rose from 6.5 to 19.6% among 6-11 year olds (2010). []
 * __Obesity__**

Today many children are not getting enough exercise. According to the CDC almost half children ages 12-21 are not involved in vigourus activity regularly (1999). According to the CDC children should get atleast 60 minutes of physical activity per day. These activitys can include walking biking and even playing with friends. During this 60 minutes children should do some sort of muscle strengthening activities three days a week such as push ups, gymnastics, or swimming. [] __**Physical Education in Schools**__ Physical activity can help lower the risk high blood pressure, type 2 diabeties, sleep apnea, and heart dease but, according to the University of Michigan Physical Education In America's Public Schools On 8% of elementary schools and 5.8% of middle schools provide physical education to their students daily (SHPPS 2000). Also 20% of all elementary schools in the US have cut recess to increase time in the class room (Satcher 2005). Not only does physical education class provide exercise for students to help their health, but also according to the University of Michigan it has also been proven to "improve the rate of academic learning per unit of class time" (Taras 2005). Providing just 1 hour of gym class a day for students will provide them with the amount of activity need per day and also improve their test scores.
 * __Physical Activity__**