A word to Physical Health Educators

With the increase in diseases, contamination, pollution and especially the new dangers arising due to an extensive sedentary lifestyle it has become extremely important for the teachers at schools to take up the cudgels and train the students about various nuances of our physical health. Training or education can simply never mean teaching but it should be more lasting in terms of training and retention. Today with the large amount of wrong information being circulated about health and especially information that the adolescents need to know, it becomes the duty of the educational system along with the help and aid of parents to provide the right information.

Some major problems arising of out such wrong information lead to many problems with teens and adolescent. These problems many times scar the formative years of their lives thus changing their lives forever.

Inadequate physical activity has been a major problem among the kids especially due to more and more time spent after rather sedentary entertainment pursuits like computer games, chatting, net surfing and of course watching the idiot box aka TV.

Other important issues are unhealthy dietary behavior which is one of the most important factors in the obesity problem worldwide. If such practices are not being taught to youngster during their physical education then it makes a grim scenario.

Other problems are of more serious nature like drug and alcohol abuse which affect thousands of students every year. These problems can be adverted by providing knowledge about these substances and making the students interacts with people who can convince the students not to experiment or try these substances, which are generally the initiating reason. But certain more sensitive issues are those of sexual behaviors that result in transmission of STIs and unintended pregnancy must be taught about as well.

Regarding teaching such sensitive issues in physical education programs there are many guidelines and regulations. Some of them instruct that such education should be given only after consultation with parents and planning committees. Planning committees should not only decide the suitability of the content to be taken for the education by the educators but also the detail in which such education should be given and also if any organizations can or should be involved to help in such classes.

With proper planning and the right mixture of academics and activities every physical trainer can bring about great changes in their pupils life. These values will be something they will cherish for the rest of their lives.

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