the growing number of obesity gives a burden to the healthcare system since there are detrimental effects on health. Introducing physical education can be a way to overcome the health issues obtained from obesity. To this extent, I agree if physical education introduced in the school curriculum while another factor also important to tackling the obesity in kids.
increasing sport education hours are one of better solutions to tackling the rising number of obesity in children in the school age. in modern day, the number of physical activity in children are decreasing due to the preference of activity that mainly involving technologies such as playing the online game, or making a short video with friends, or just scrolling through social media. Therefore, physical education should be introduced in the curriculum to ensure students having enough physical activity during the school hours. While physical activity are important to increase the activity level, it is also important for student to keep their health.
However, increasing physical activity alone is not sufficient to increase the children health. providing a nutritious food on daily basis is also important to maintain their health. School should provide a healthy meal canteen which provides the nutritious foods. If the students bring their own lunchbox, school also has to make a regulation for those to eat a balanced food. Furthermore, education about healthy and balanced food must be done in school during the physical education lesson.
In conclusion, school should introduce the physical education while the physical education have come together with another factor to maintain the children’s health such as provide the nutritious foods. Education on healthy food also have to be done in order for children knowing what they are eat to preserve their health.