Lack of physical education
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Lack of physical education is the inadequacy of the provision and effectiveness of exercise and physical activity within modern education.[1]
More than a third of young people in grades 9-12 do not regularly engage in vigorous physical activity. Daily participation in high school physical education classes dropped from 42% in 1991 to 28% in 2003.[2]
Nearly 10 million children and adolescents in the United States ages 6–19 are considered overweight because the lack of physical education in schools.[3] Children aged 6–11 have also more than doubled in rate of obesity over the last twenty years.[4]
Causes
The causes of the increasing lack of physical education include budgetary pressure which limits the resources provided for this; the increasing attractiveness of rival pastimes such as video games; and the increased emphasis upon academic results.[5]
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