The leading causes of obesity in children are unhealthy food choices, lack of physical activity, and family eating habits. Overweight issues can cause health and social problems for children. Personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) promotes physical activity, teaches students to value themselves and others, and encourages healthy lifestyle choices through decision making, safety awareness, and understanding the environment. Educating students on these issues through PDHPE can help ensure children grow up with the knowledge and values to lead healthy, active lives.

2. The leading cause of obesity are unhealthy
food choices, lack of physical activity and
family eating habits. Overweight issues
can cause health and social problems for
children.

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Promotes regular physical activity
Adoption to an active lifestyle
Guidance to personal health choices
Establishes fundamental movement and
coordination actions of the body

4. PDHPE does focus on physical education,
however it also teaches students
understanding and valuing of themselves and
others.
It also promotes:
 Decision making
 Safety
 Environment
 Healthy lifestyle choices

5. By educating students about these issues
through PDHPE we can ensure that
children will grow up with the
knowledge, understanding and the
values to be healthy and active.

6. PDHPE is a crucial key learning area in the
schooling curriculum and requires the
support of parents, to ensure positive
health behaviours and attitudes for their
children’s future.

7. Board of Studies New South Wales (2007). Personal
development, health and physical education k-6 syllabus.
Retrieved from
http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/files/pdhpe/k6_pdhpe_
syl.pdf