Lessons learned from COVID-19 in schools: the role of Physical Education in promoting health

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Resumen

Objective: To comment on the role of Physical Education in promoting health during the pandemic time.

Key Points

• The measures imposed to control the transmission of COVID-19 have caused a negative impact on physical activity among schoolchildren affecting their health.
• Physical Education must be one of the fundamental elements for health promotion in the school population.
• In addition to physical activity, Physical Education must integrate concepts related to medicine, physiology and nutrition to become an essential element of complete health training. 

Jimeno-Almazán, A., Courel-Ibáñez, J., & Pallarés, J. (2021). Lessons learned from COVID-19 in schools: the role of Physical Education in promoting health. Journal of Movement & Health, 18(2). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5027/jmh-Vol18-Issue2(2021)art121

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