Physical Activity As I sit in the cold classroom, the brisk breeze brushes across my face. It is like the outside world is calling for me to go outside, but the catch is - I can’t. There's only one escape from the indoors and sitting in the hard plastic chairs and touching the hard metal desks. Gym class. Although not all people like to exercise, it is necessary to keep children in shape and stay within a healthy weight and size. It is hard to exercise when being trapped inside a jail cell for seven hours straight. That is why we need at least forty five minutes of standing, walking, running, or just exercise in general. Even though some people say that we have enough exercise after school, we do not have a lot of time to either work out…show more content… Although kids are not putting on as much weight now, in the future if they are laying around without any physical activity, then they will become obese. Larry Zogba states in Good Habits, Bad Habits -- What’s the Difference? That “He found the inspiration and discipline he needed to overcome some of his negative habits and instill positive ones in his daily routine.” This means that if parents or guardians are not getting involved with physical activity or even just encouraging their kids to get out, then they can be at fault. If when kids are young, and they see their parents laying around doing nothing, and since all kids look up the their parents, then they will do the same thing as their parents and lay around. As stated by the University of California San Francisco, “A child with one obese parent has a 50 percent chance of being obese. When both parents are obese, their children have an 80 percent chance of obesity.” This quote is showing that if a kid has just one parent who is obese, then they may become obese in their adulthood. If this continues, then the problem of obesity will never be…show more content… What all schools should be doing differently is giving children more time for gym class or recess. Sometimes, our school systems are flawed; just because they feed us healthy food does not mean that we will be healthy. On the contrary, there must be a balance between eating healthy and exercise. We are not able to get the exercise portion if we do not have gym class. Gym class assists us in building strong foundations and habits. Therefore, gym class will be the most necessary in my every day and future
