Policy Challenges in the Fight against Childhood Obesity: Low Adherence in San Diego Area Schools to the California Education Code Regulating Physical Education
Table 1
Rates of PE, and average time in PE.
Grades 1–6 ()
Grades 7–12 ()
Grades 7-8 ()
Grades 9–12 ()
<200 PE min/10 d
66.7%
*
<400 PE min/10 d
42.2%
32.8%
47.2%
Rate and time in PE
%
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)
%
Mean (SD)
No PE
1.5
0
16.9
0
4.7
0
25.8
0
PE × 1 per week
33.3*
77 (31)
2.6
100 (70)
1.5
60
3.4
120
PE × 2 per week
21.5*
136 (53)
7.8
265 (90)
7.8+
228 (114)
7.9++
291 (64)
PE × 3 per week
14.8
223 (89)
16.4
448 (208)
18.8
393 (196)
14.6
494 (214)
PE × 4 per week
8.2
335 (138)
8.5
458 (53)
10.9
480 (46)
6.7
433 (53)
PE × 5 per week
20.7*
343 (123)
47.8
533 (182)
56.3
490 (130)
41.6
575 (215)
PE days/week
2.57** (1.56)
3.4 (1.89)
3.98 (1.41)
2.98 (2.08)
Rates are in %, and average time is in minutes per 10 days (2 weeks of school). No SD presented if <3 observations. Comparing grades 1–6 to 7–12: *, **. Comparing upper grades to grades 1–6: +, ++, , and . Comparing grades 7-8 to 9–12: †.
