PDHPE is essential to teach in primary schools as it is the only subject that incorporates active lifestyle skills, safe living skills, interpersonal relationships, and personal health decision making. PDHPE promotes healthy lifestyles and wellbeing by developing physical capacities and teaching students to identify risk factors for chronic diseases and adopt healthier lifestyles to reduce disease prevalence. It also teaches students road and water safety, social skills, self-awareness, effective communication, and decision making skills including around drugs and nutrition.