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School Physical Education: The Pill Not Taken

McKenzie, Thomas L., Lounsbery, Monica A. F.·2009·American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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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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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
DOI: 10.1177/1559827609331562
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
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Physical Education and Pedagogy
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › 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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