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22-9. Daily physical education in schools

Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents

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22-9. Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education.
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 29 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

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