Nutrition, Physical Education And Obesity In Our Schools: Is There A Connection?

Introduction
1) Problem Statement
Statistics show that majority of American youth live sedentary lifestyles yet this can cause both health and learning problems in schools. Schools are at a unique position to solve the obesity problem because this is where students spend most of their time; their level of physical activity through physical education is determined through these schools and so are nutritional lifestyles. There is a need to determine what the link between these three aspects is i.e. physical education, nutrition and obesity in schools in order to understand what the root cause of obesity is.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine the link between physical activity, nutritional intake and obesity in schools. In

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