The Effect of Physical Education on World Health
Assuring oneself good health demands that one goes beyond observing instructions from health professionals. One ought to appreciate the contributions of routines like hand washing, proper sanitation, good diets, access to clean water, and sufficient physical exercises towards attainment of proper health. Societies should look past the national programs in order to appreciate and borrow what has worked well in other countries in the guest of good health for citizens. Though good health provision is a right to any individual and a priority of any government, it is also the role of individual citizen to heed to healthy lifestyles. This is very necessary especially when considered that good health is a prerequisite for individual and a nation’s development. It is very necessary if countries have to rule out on the problems of poverty and food insecurities as individuals and nations are healthy to fend for themselves and its citizens respectively. For this reason, the World Health Organization (WHO) seeks through its numerous publications individual and countrywide support of health strategies. It puts emphasis on the activities that help prevent disease as well as laying down plans that support equitable distribution of health resources. This has given rise to the adoption of Physical Education as a school subject in many countries. Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that result in energy expenditure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2). For instance, the American curriculum advocates for at least sixty minutes of play or any other physical activity a day is good for an individual’s health (Trudeau, 2). This paper discusses how Physical Education promotes world health and seeks to disband some controversies that are still maintained by some individuals concerning teaching of Physical Education. First, regular physical activities benefit many parts of an individual body. These include the heart, the skeletal muscles, bones, blood, and the nervous system. Research has shown that the number of deaths resulting annually from cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cancer and chronic lung diseases account for 59% of the total sum of 57 million deaths annually (Collaborating for Health 5). This places the number of deaths caused by these diseases twice as much as those caused by diseases like HIV/AIDs, TB, Malaria, maternal and prenatal conditions among others (World Health Organization 4). The blame for this is the adoption of purely sedentary lifestyles by individuals whereby most of the things are done “with the touch of a button” (Trudeau 2). This efficiently closes out chances of an individual getting out of the house to play or lift a container of water. Everything is mechanized. This trend coupled with …show more content…
First, these people cite evidences of increased school bullying as a result of gym classes. Most of the indiscipline cases involve sex crimes and property destructions and teachers are almost helpless in combating the same. Accounts of parents give negative impression towards physical education. They are see physical education as a means of encouraging students to fight, compete, to molest each other, and to change clothes in front of their peers among other ills. This is heightened by the very reason that led to the introduction of physical education. The key reason was to prepare individuals ready for war in almost all the societies. In America, for instance, physical education was introduced immediately after the Second World War II and was strictly meant for self defense against any aggression. Parents are thus worried of the moral implications of physical education in schools. In America for instance, parents negate the teaching of physical education on the idea that physical activities outside class work denies students time to maximize on their studies. They also argue that physical activities torture the learners by subjecting them to demanding physical events. The chances of parents allowing their children undertake physical education is thus limited to their perspectives on the significance of it (Trudeau 2). Additionally, the truth that teaching and learning of physical education has taken an online approach makes parents even more skeptical of it. This is because they feel that by doing so, their children are exposed further to platforms that will spoil on their moral character. Pictures of trainees and trainers changing or having semi-nude clothing scare parents away from accepting physical education as part of the school
Assuring oneself good health demands that one goes beyond observing instructions from health professionals. One ought to appreciate the contributions of routines like hand washing, proper sanitation, good diets, access to clean water, and sufficient physical exercises towards attainment of proper health. Societies should look past the national programs in order to appreciate and borrow what has worked well in other countries in the guest of good health for citizens. Though good health provision is a right to any individual and a priority of any government, it is also the role of individual citizen to heed to healthy lifestyles. This is very necessary especially when considered that good health is a prerequisite for individual and a nation’s development. It is very necessary if countries have to rule out on the problems of poverty and food insecurities as individuals and nations are healthy to fend for themselves and its citizens respectively. For this reason, the World Health Organization (WHO) seeks through its numerous publications individual and countrywide support of health strategies. It puts emphasis on the activities that help prevent disease as well as laying down plans that support equitable distribution of health resources. This has given rise to the adoption of Physical Education as a school subject in many countries. Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that result in energy expenditure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2). For instance, the American curriculum advocates for at least sixty minutes of play or any other physical activity a day is good for an individual’s health (Trudeau, 2). This paper discusses how Physical Education promotes world health and seeks to disband some controversies that are still maintained by some individuals concerning teaching of Physical Education. First, regular physical activities benefit many parts of an individual body. These include the heart, the skeletal muscles, bones, blood, and the nervous system. Research has shown that the number of deaths resulting annually from cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cancer and chronic lung diseases account for 59% of the total sum of 57 million deaths annually (Collaborating for Health 5). This places the number of deaths caused by these diseases twice as much as those caused by diseases like HIV/AIDs, TB, Malaria, maternal and prenatal conditions among others (World Health Organization 4). The blame for this is the adoption of purely sedentary lifestyles by individuals whereby most of the things are done “with the touch of a button” (Trudeau 2). This efficiently closes out chances of an individual getting out of the house to play or lift a container of water. Everything is mechanized. This trend coupled with …show more content…
First, these people cite evidences of increased school bullying as a result of gym classes. Most of the indiscipline cases involve sex crimes and property destructions and teachers are almost helpless in combating the same. Accounts of parents give negative impression towards physical education. They are see physical education as a means of encouraging students to fight, compete, to molest each other, and to change clothes in front of their peers among other ills. This is heightened by the very reason that led to the introduction of physical education. The key reason was to prepare individuals ready for war in almost all the societies. In America, for instance, physical education was introduced immediately after the Second World War II and was strictly meant for self defense against any aggression. Parents are thus worried of the moral implications of physical education in schools. In America for instance, parents negate the teaching of physical education on the idea that physical activities outside class work denies students time to maximize on their studies. They also argue that physical activities torture the learners by subjecting them to demanding physical events. The chances of parents allowing their children undertake physical education is thus limited to their perspectives on the significance of it (Trudeau 2). Additionally, the truth that teaching and learning of physical education has taken an online approach makes parents even more skeptical of it. This is because they feel that by doing so, their children are exposed further to platforms that will spoil on their moral character. Pictures of trainees and trainers changing or having semi-nude clothing scare parents away from accepting physical education as part of the school