This story is about need to include lesson about Physical fitness lesson in Education in Mississippi, US. As you know this state in the fastest state compare with other state.
More depressing news on the homefront: It seems that a national study has determined that Mississippi is statistically the fattest state in the nation.
Most of us in professions related to health and wellness were not surprised to hear this news. It seems like every time one of these studies comes out, the same states are on the bottom (generally Deep South states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas), and the same states are on the top (northern states like Colorado, Minnesota or Vermont … brrrr).
If you believe the research, those of us in the Deep South must live in the most unhealthy, filthy, ignorant, disease-infested places in the nation.
When I was working in Louisiana, I once attended a meeting where a presenter listed a litany of things that the Bayou State was last in, mostly related to health and education.
One of my fellow professionals, tiring of this constant negativism, asked the researcher if there wasn’t anything that Louisiana was leading the nation in. “Sure,” he replied. “Syphilis.”
When we lived in Louisiana, we used to say, “Thank goodness for Mississippi, or we would be last in … (pick your statistic).” Now that we live in Mississippi, we say, “Thank goodness for Louisiana, or we would be last in … (again, pick your statistic).”
A friend of mine, upon hearing about our dire status as the most obese folks in the country, asked me point blank if there is any hope for us.
Why is all this research so hard on us? Well, things aren’t as bad here as some people might think if they read all those statistics, but the truth is that we probably are one of the fattest states in America. Why is that?
I think that there may be a connection between our health status and our education status, particularly in the area of health promotion. We need to do a better job of educating our children about diet and exercise. We need to provide physical education programs in our schools that will help all of our kids grow up more fit and healthy.
My wife once was asked to attend a conference in New Jersey that set some of the standards for the exam called the Praxis, a test that all teachers have to take to become certified. There were elementary teachers there from all over the country, and they all got together and discussed differences in education around the country.
When she got back, she asked me if I could guess what subject area the southern states were the most deficient in. Math was my first guess, then science and English.
All were wrong. She finally just told me. Teachers from all these other outstanding schools all over the country thought we were most deficient in health and physical education. Go figure.
There is no doubt in my mind that our state is already “working on the problem.” One example of this occurred in Clinton during early September.
Staff members from state Department of Education’s Office of Healthy Schools were on campus at Mississippi College conducting a workshop for area teachers and college students on how to incorporate healthy activities into the school curriculum.
These folks are dedicated to working toward ensuring that all schools in Mississippi are healthy places for our kids, and that we are teaching our kids to be healthy adults in those schools. They are to be commended.
Education is the answer. If we teach our kids how to be healthy, we can make significant strides in conquering this problem.
Then, maybe one day, we will lead the nation in something besides kidney stones.
Story: http://www.clintonnews.com
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