Physical education teachers play a key role in promoting health-seeking behaviors. However, teachers will successfully serve the role of a health promoter only if they themselves display a positive attitude towards their own health. I am looking for information about health behaviors (e.g. physical activity, proper nutrition habits, prophylactic behavior, health practices) undertaken by physical education teachers.
I would be glad to receive some references as well.
This is a really great research and applied question! I have thought about this myself as I have seen through observation many physical educators who do not appear to be of healthy body weight and this is concerning. I do believe this is a critical concern as physical and health educators may serve as role models to children/young adults!
This research is good .It is often like what I hear from some medics who say many take care of the health of others and overwork themselves and put their health in jeopardy.Apart from coaches who participate with their athletes, many physical education teachers and lecturers in Nigeria are due to poor enabling environment often are preachers and not doers of what they preach
Kimberly and Olawale thank you for your answer! That is very important to me!
Here in the U.S. (high school & college) rarely do coaches practice or participate with their team/athletes so we see challenging health parameters among those high profile coaches as well. Even physical educators here in the U.S. who have clearly had multiple university/college courses on physical activity/fitness/health and exercise physiology drift away from maintaining a consistent exercise/activity routine that would contribute to adequate or optimal health outcomes. At our national convention for the physical education discipline (Society of Health and Physical Educators: SHAPE America) one may see a large number of overweight and obese K-12 physical educators (specifically women) - Knowing more about this phenomenon would be very interesting!
Have a look to the Alexander Technique. Really goes to the basis of healthy behavoir.
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