School Physical Education: The Pill Not Taken
Abstract
Physical education programs in schools have the potential to promote healthy, active lifestyles by providing children with some of their recommended physical activity, increasing their physical fitness levels, and teaching them generalizable movement and behavioral skills. If “exercise is medicine,” physical education is the pill not taken. Numerous barriers, including limited curriculum time allocations, low subject status, and inadequate resources hinder physical education from playing a major role in providing and promoting physical activity. This article profiles physical education as it relates to physical activity, describes its current status from both historical and contextual standpoints, and concludes with recommendations for improving it.
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Schools, community sporting clubs and ASPs are not achieving their full potential.
“Despite demonstrating promise, evidence suggests schools, community sporting clubs and ASPs are not achieving their full potential.”
Physical activity levels in schools, community sporting clubs and ASPs are typically much lower than recommended.
“For example, physical activity levels in these settings are typically much lower than recommended [18–20]”
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- Authors
- McKenzie, T. L., & Lounsbery, M. A. F.
- Affiliations
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- Corresponding author
- McKenzie, Thomas L.
- ORCID
- McKenzie, Thomas L.
- Venue
- American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-02-17
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 219-225
- ISSN
- 1559-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-8284
- OpenAlex
- W2015259470
- Cited by
- 196
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 17.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- physical education, physical activity, physical fitness, children, barriers to physical education, curriculum time allocation, physical education resources, exercise medicine, history of physical education
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