Thursday, March 23, 2017
Statistics & Sources
Why PE is Important
The
Students
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75% of kids say their role models are family members, teachers, or coaches
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15% of students are chronically absent from school, 30% of kids are bored at
school, and 75% are not interested in what they learn at school
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/education/up-to-15-percent-of-students-chronically-skip-school-johns-hopkins-finds.html
- http://www.livescience.com/1308-students-bored-school.html
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In a study among 81,000 students across 26 states 73% of students reported not
liking school, 61% didn’t like the teachers, and 25% claimed that no adults in
the school cared about them
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33% of children live without their father as part of their life
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61% of children ages 2-17 receive mental health care/counseling of some kind
Obesity
in America
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36% of adults in the U.S. are obese, and 17% of children are obese
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Obesity is one of the biggest causes of preventable diseases such as hypertension,
cardiac disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes and costs our country between
$147-210 billion per year
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In 1980 there were 0 cases of type 2 diabetes in children (adult onset
diabetes), in 2010 there were 57,636 cases of children diagnosed with type 2
diabetes
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Over 50% of public schools serve fast food in their schools (pizza, fries = vegetables)
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80% of public schools have contracts with Coca-Cola or Pepsi
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Approximately $60 billion a year is spent on consumer diets in America
Fitness
in America
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60% of all gym members report never going, and the average membership is $55
per month
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The fitness industry in the U.S. see’s revenues of $24 - $28 billion per year
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Approximately 15% - 20% of all U.S. citizens have a gym membership
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73% of adults used to participate in sports, but only 25% of adults currently
participate in sports today
Benefits
of Exercise
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Only 27% of children in the U.S. are active for 60 minutes a day, but children
spend on average more than 7 hours a day in front of a screen (TV, cell phone,
computer, etc.)
http://stateofobesity.org/fastfacts/ - https://www.fitness.gov/resource-center/facts-and-statistics/
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Exercise reduces stress, fights disease, improves mood, boosts energy levels,
maintains body weight/composition, and improves sleep
- Exercise benefits cognition among
children by increasing
blood and oxygen flow to the brain, increasing levels of norepinephrine,
dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins resulting in a reduction of stress,
improvement of mood, increased awareness, and an increase in memory recall
- Just 20 minutes of exercise creates
neurogenesis in the brain
- Studies show that kids who exercise,
typically receive better grades and achieve more academically
- Exercise serves as an antidepressant.
1 out of 6 teens make plans for suicide, 1 of 12 teens actually attempt
suicide. In addition, 1 out of 8 children are diagnosed with clinical
depression
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