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22-10. Physical activity in physical education class

Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents

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22-10. Increase the proportion of adolescents who spend at least 50 percent of school physical education class time being physically active.
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 38 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 were physically active in physical education class more than 20 minutes 3 to 5 days per week in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

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