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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Welch
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Baltimore City Public Schools - Are Current Physical Education Requirements Enough?
FOR the purpose of requesting the CEO, the Director of the Office of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Education Specialist for Physical Education and Athletics of the Baltimore City Public School System to brief the City Council on the Physical Education requirements for students grades Pre-K through 12, to present an analysis of the impact of the physical education program on the rate of childhood obesity in public school students.
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The final report of the Baltimore City Council Task Force on Childhood Obesity, released early last year, addressed the national increase in childhood obesity that has been on a steady increase for the last 30 years or more. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the last 20 years alone the prevalence of obesity among children aged 6-11 has doubled; the rate among adolescents aged 12-19 has more than tripled.
As reported by the Task Force: “obesity brings with it a host of co-morbidities that are expensive in human terms and in medical costs:
· Overweight young people face a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults, placing them at high risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.
· 61% of overweight ...
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