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Physical Education Funding

             Many school districts now have to decide whether physical education is important enough to fund or to cut, due to low or insufficient budgets. When school boards are faced with having to make a decision concerning low budgets, most of the time they end up cutting physical education programs. Physical education is very important in the development of children, and should be funded appropriately. Many school boards should take a second look and notice how much of an impact physical education can have on children, not only physically but mentally as well. .
             Physical education is now becoming more important then ever before. According to the U.S. Surgeons General, David Satcher, "Only about one-half of U.S. children get regular exercise, and one-fourth don't take part in physical activity at all" (Worsnop). The table below shows the percentages of children that do not get daily physical activity. This data was taken from the International Life Sciences Institute by Louis Harris and Associates. .
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             Table 1: "Not Getting Daily Exercise".
             We need physical education so the generations of today and in the future can have regular daily physical activity. .
             Nowadays, there is an obesity epidemic that is sweeping the nation, not only affecting adults but children as well. A study conducted by the South Dakota Department of Health stated that "30 percent of South Dakota children are considered overweight and 15-20 percent are obese." The national numbers are skyrocketing and that's why this obesity problem is now being called an epidemic. Results from a study done by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) showed, "the percentage of overweight and obese children has more that doubled between 1980 and 1994" (Garcia). Children who are obese or overweight carry high health related risks that are very dangerous. Weight gain and obesity are major contributors to such problems as: heart disease, high blood pressure, colon cancer (along with many other types of caner), and more predominantly; diabetes.


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