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The Role of Schools in Promoting Physical Activity

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alr_schoolsThis infographic by Active Living Research (ALR) highlights a few ways that schools can promote daily physical activity for kids. Comprehensive physical activity programs that offer PE, recess, and safe and active ways to get to schools not only offer children the skills to learn how to be physically active for a lifetime, but also provide physical and mental benefits which help them perform better in school.