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

Amaya Jimeno-Almazán; Javier Courel-Ibáñez; Jesús G Pallarés

doi:10.5027/jmh-Vol18-Issue2(2021)art121

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

Authors

Amaya Jimeno-Almazán University Hospital of Santa Lucía, Internal medicine service. Infectious Diseases Section, Cartagena Murcia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-3311
Javier Courel-Ibáñez Faculty of Sport Sciences, Human Performance & Sport Sciences Laboratory, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2446-1875
Jesús G Pallarés Faculty of Sport Sciences, Human Performance & Sport Sciences Laboratory, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6087-1583

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https://doi.org/10.5027/jmh-Vol18-Issue2(2021)art121

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

Javier Courel-Ibáñez, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Human Performance & Sport Sciences Laboratory, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Facultad de ciencias del deporte, Universidad de Murcia, España.

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2021-07-28

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Jimeno-Almazán A, Courel-Ibáñez J, Pallarés JG. Lessons learned from COVID-19 in schools: the role of Physical Education in promoting health. Journ. M. Health [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 28 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];18(2). Available from: https://jmh.cl/index.php/jmh/article/view/121

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Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Letter to the Editor

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