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What Is Health and Wellness?

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While you can find a longer list here , it is worth highlighting three that reveal a telling story of the current health condition of Americans: Obesity: Obesity affects 20% of children and 42% of adults, putting them at risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.

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The Importance of Exercise

Physical Education Ideas

Playing soccer, dance or other organised team sports are great ways to get fit, but they aren’t the only option. When this is done, kids usually let their creativity take over and handle the rest. The Elements of Fitness. If you have, you can probably pinpoint the elements of fitness. What are the benefits of exercise?

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Benefits of Physical Activity In Schools

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We celebrated the ingenuity of physical education teachers and students to find creative ways to workout at home. Free Fitness Lessons For P.E. Physical education teachers pushed to go from a traditional game and sports model to a more comprehensive fitness and wellness model. Where Did Physical Fitness In School Go?

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Interview with Youth Sport Psychology Expert Richard Stratton, Ph.D.

Better Coaching

Going to coaches clinics will really helps with creativity. Some fitness, physical activity for kids to keep them away from the keyboard. You can help them to understand why being obese is counterproductive to not only playing sports, but their entire lives. Attainable goals. Risk taking, pushes the kids to keep working.

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Middle School Kids Need Our Help

AKA Sports

While it’s easy to put the responsibility on these kids (after all, they are old enough to be creative with their time and want to be treated like adults!), Taking the First Step: We could link hundreds of articles on how we are seeing an increase in anxiety , depression and obesity in teens, but it’s pretty clear that these kids need us.