I want to highlight an alarming trend. Over the last 10 years, Missouri schools have decreased the time allocated for physical education while increasing the time that kids spend sitting in the classroom.
LETTER: Missouri schools need physical education to combat childhood obesity
Friday, May 8, 2009 | 1:17 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:32 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 7, 2011
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