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Exercise classes are made up of one-way instruction – but PE is collaborative and can teach all-round skills.
With many schools closed, children's health could suffer.
Youth physical inactivity was already a problem before COVID-19, but it doesn't have to stay that way.
Improving social, physical and psychological abilities.
The cost and the hassles involved can stand in the way of kids joining teams and taking part in organized activities. So can cultural barriers.
We need to keep active and exercise to stay healthy. So why not teach school kids some of the activities they'd go on to enjoy later in life?
Young people spend too much time sitting still. When they get a chance to move, it should not be stressful.
Specialist teachers and hours of compulsory physical education a week are keeping Nordic school children moving. When it comes to physical activity, Australia could do better.
A new study reports that school-based physical activity interventions are ineffective in improving young people's activity levels. But we just need to think outside the box if we want them to work.
There has been a tenfold increase in the worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity over the past four decades.
Physical education is for every body - as long as it's male.
Cutting PE lessons to boost exam results is madness – it's time for sport in schools to go mainstream.
Sport and other physical activity is vital to the developing bodies and minds of children; for those with disabilities it can be hard to access and is yet even more important.
The Scottish club's move to support women's struggles with menstruation and sport is the first of its kind.
The Daily Mile started in a primary school in central Scotland six years ago. Now it has spread to 3,600 schools in 35 countries.
Exergames should be used to replace sedentary video games, not traditional physical education.
It's not just about physical training and psychology, sport is influenced by your location.
Children's fitness has been declining even faster over the past six years than in the decade before.
Children who do more physical activity are likely to improve their health and it might also help them improve their school grades. Those are the findings of recent research from Sweden which suggest that…
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