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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education — ECBP‑01

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
19.0 percent (2021)

Target:
39.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
29.9 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 2017

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Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Data Source:  Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC/NCCDPHP

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Summary

Regular physical activity is one of the most effective ways to prevent chronic disease. And when students have physical education at school, they get more physical activity. School policies that help make sure all students have daily physical education classes can lead to better health and may help students do better in school.

Topics:  Schools , Adolescents , Child and Adolescent Development, Physical Activity

Workgroup: Educational and Community-Based Programs Workgroup

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