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What Is Health and Wellness?

PLT4M

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

When this is done, kids usually let their creativity take over and handle the rest. Too much screen time and not enough physical activity are leading to growing rates of childhood obesity. Kids exercise when they have phys ed class at school, during recess, at dance class or soccer practice, while riding bikes, or when playing tag.

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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.

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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. 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. Changing up drills, so the practice isn’t the same everyday.

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Benefits of Physical Activity In Schools

PLT4M

We celebrated the ingenuity of physical education teachers and students to find creative ways to workout at home. When every school across the country went remote in March of 2020, there was a collective spirit around the benefits of physical activity for students. And we championed this initiative with curriculum, technology, and resources.

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COVID-19’s Impact on Youth Physical Activity

Spark PE

It was encouraging that people quickly developed creative approaches to stay active and help their children continue activities. Physical activity provides many health benefits to children and adolescents [SJ3] , mainly related to mental health, obesity, and risk factors for future chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.