TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - School Physical Education: The Pill Not Taken
JO  - American journal of lifestyle medicine
A1  - McKenzie, Thomas L.
A1  - Lounsbery, Monica A. F.
SP  - 219
EP  - 225
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p /> 
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SN  - 1559-8276
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559827609331562
ID  - ref1
ER  -