The medical journal The Lancet recently proclaimed that
inactivity is a worldwide pandemic that has health, economic,
environmental and social consequences. Getting people up and
moving would increase worldwide life expectancy by almost a
year. That has led the American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), a nonprofit
educational organization that promotes healthy lifestyles, to
call on government and the private sector to work together to :
- mandate daily physical education for every child in the U.S.;
- support the law with appropriate financial resources; - hire
qualified physical educators who can teach children the
knowledge and skills they need to embrace a lifetime of physical
activity; - make schools and communities physical activity
friendly environments where children and adults would get their
60 minutes of physical activity every day; and - implement
comprehensive school physical activity with physical education
as the foundation. Intrepid colleague Marilyn Aja