Study calls for daily PE classes
Students at Red Hawk Elementary participate in an all-school movement break with Principal Cyrus Weinberger. Photo courtesy of Red Hawk Elementary School |
In addition to adding daily P.E. classes, the study found that incorporating classroom physical activity breaks and increasing walking or biking to school would also make a significant dent in the recommended minimum. Physical activity breaks would add 19 minutes a day and walking or biking to school would add 16 minutes a day.
Despite the federal recommendation that children 6-17 get 60 minutes of physical activity a day, only 49 percent