PE4Life: Developing and Promoting Quality Physical Education Almost 65 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese—and children are on pace to be significantly fatter in their own adulthood than today's adults. Making matters worse, the
PE4life is a national nonprofit advocacy organization committed to inspiring active, healthy lifestyles in children and youth through health-related school physical education programs. PE4life programs meet the needs of all students; use the latest technology, which enables individual assessments and monitoring of progress toward personalized goals; and positively emphasize the importance of physical activity and fitness in ways that students can benefit from their entire lives.
PE4life has achieved success through a realistic and flexible model that can fit into community school systems and local recreation programs. Driven by education, advocacy, and community partnerships, the PE4life model is an evidence-based working solution to the physical inactivity and childhood obesity epidemic in the United States.
