Felipe Lobelo, a journalist in the Journal of School Health, wrote about a study on different types of interventions to either prevent or treat obesity. He wrote, “The most successful interventions were characterized by their focus on prevention rather than treatment” (676). He is saying that prevention methods are often more effective than treatment methods for reducing the occurrence of obesity. When physical education was first introduced as a standardized class, the experts who designed it knew that emphasizing prevention of health related diseases would be more effective than treatment of these diseases. One working study on physical education defended this decision after finding sufficient evidence to recommend school based programs aimed at prevention but not at treatment (Lobelo et al. 672). A one hour per day class does not have the means to treat obesity because treating it is a very long and hard process. It requires intense and focused dieting and exercise. A school setting can not provide these resources. Even in its design, physical education is simply a program to educate students about healthy lifestyle
Felipe Lobelo, a journalist in the Journal of School Health, wrote about a study on different types of interventions to either prevent or treat obesity. He wrote, “The most successful interventions were characterized by their focus on prevention rather than treatment” (676). He is saying that prevention methods are often more effective than treatment methods for reducing the occurrence of obesity. When physical education was first introduced as a standardized class, the experts who designed it knew that emphasizing prevention of health related diseases would be more effective than treatment of these diseases. One working study on physical education defended this decision after finding sufficient evidence to recommend school based programs aimed at prevention but not at treatment (Lobelo et al. 672). A one hour per day class does not have the means to treat obesity because treating it is a very long and hard process. It requires intense and focused dieting and exercise. A school setting can not provide these resources. Even in its design, physical education is simply a program to educate students about healthy lifestyle