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Episode 161 - PE in School And The Horrific Harm Fat Kids Experience

If you went to school and were/are fat then there is a sizeable chance that you have a least some stories to tell about the harm your experienced, specifically about physical education (PE) classes. From government-mandated fitness tests to running around the track in shame many people have had heartbreakingly awful experiences that have turned them off formal exercise, sometimes for good, destroyed self-esteem, and created eating disorders. TW: some pretty awful stories of abusive treatment of kids.

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Gym Class Is So Bad, Kids Are Skipping School to Avoid It: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/01/why-pe-is-terrible/581467/

The effects of physical education on student fitness, achievement, and behavior: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027277571830726X

Anti-fat bias in secondary school teachers: Are physical education teachers more biased than mathematics teachers?: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1356336X20932187

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