Physical education or physical education, this is the first time some children have heard of exercise, so why take it out of the curriculum? American children need exercise to live long, healthy lives. The reason I know this is because my family didn't need physical education in school and because of that they have heart and health issues from a young age. Physical education should be required by elementary schools in the state of Texas to reduce their risk of obesity, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and their risk of heart disease. Others will say that physical education at school makes people venerable to bullying, which is not the case at all. Let's start with childhood obesity. Obesity, once confined to adults, is now appearing in children at an unprecedented rate, which should worry everyone. Physical education is necessary for all children at school, because without it, most children will not get any physical exercise all day. Children really need to be active to grow up healthy. Yen Yen Woo wrote an article on nyteachers.wordpress.com in which he said: “Childhood obesity is on the rise and we believe schools should [reserve] plenty of time for physical activities. “education” children must learn that through exercise you can avoid obesity (Woo 1). Childhood obesity is not impossible to overcome, you just have to want to overcome it and physical education at school is part of this solution. “Too often children overeat and exercise...... middle of paper...... Education is in no way something that leads children to bullying so that in reality it brings them closer together. Physical education is something that we cannot lose at school. Physical education helps develop strong and mentally healthy individuals and is a key course in primary school for our young people. Physical education helps students learn about and prevent childhood obesity, the risk of type 2 diabetes as well as heart disease in the future. Some might say that physical education causes children to bully other children, but in reality it helps children develop self-confidence and team skills. Let's help our young people and support physical education at school because it's good for them now and even better for them in the future..