Rethinking PE Class

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Not every kid likes to play sports. For the athletically disinclined, a game of gym class dodgeball or basketball can be an anxiety-inducing experience. In fact, a recent study by researchers at Brigham Young University found that kids who were ridiculed in gym class (by peers and teachers) were less likely to engage in physical activity one year later — not good news for a nation facing an obesity and sedentary-lifestyle epidemic.

That's assuming kids are exposed to physical education at all, as gym classes and recess periods have frequently become the victims of dwindling budgets and heightened academic standards.

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