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Direct linkCawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However, little is known about the effect of PE on child weight. This paper measures that effect by instrumenting for child…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Disease Control, Courses
Peer reviewedCawley, John; Meyerhoefer, Chad; Newhouse, David – Education Next, 2006
American children are gaining weight at an alarming rate. Since the 1960s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of American six- to eleven-year-olds who fall into the CDC's highest weight classification for children has almost quadrupled. Requiring more physical education (PE) seems like a logical…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Obesity, Physical Education
