With increased technology to feel the gap of physical work for humans and poor nutrition, obesity is increasing and people are not living up to their potential. Children are spending more and more time at home with a screen in their face and a controller in their hand. Lack of physical activity not only causes obesity, but also lack of brain power and positive outcomes. Children and their families need to be taught the correct ways to stay healthy in physical education classes to stay healthy throughout their lives. By incorporating more lifelong health knowledge into our physical education systems, obesity rates will decrease and students will do much better in school. Physical education (PE) has been around since Greek times, when health, strength and moral uprightness were seen as an ideal body type. At that time, they were suited to do well in war and have strong children. Since then, exercise has become a way to combat things other than just health problems. In the early 20th century, people suspected that immigrants flocking to the country would replace immigrants who had already made their home. Exercise has become a way to show that people have discipline. This started a movement where everyone wanted exercise equipment, like bicycles. This movement provided people with healthy, plump bodies. Although health seems to be the best choice, during the late 20th century people, especially women, began to focus on weight and body shape. The ideal image for women was thin and/or curvy. The ideal image for men was lean and muscular. Bodybuilding was also seen as attractive to men. (Teague)Fitness was at its peak until the 1990s. When television and computers became the entertainment par excellence, children in this...... medium of paper...... Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2012. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Network. April 26, 2014 La Fee, Scott. "Let's get physical! PE struggles to catch up." Education Digest 73.6 (2008): 49-52. Academic research completed. Network. April 26, 2014.“Strong physical exercise affects the brain, learning process and behavior of students; current school physical education programs need re-examination” Sparking Life. Fusedog Media Group, 2014. Web. April 27, 2014Chorney, David W, and Cameron Weitz. “Gender issues in physical education: Female students' perspectives and experiences.” Health and Physical Education Council. Mediashaker, 2012. Web. April 27, 2014Patterson, Joan. “Many schools cut physical education.” Review diary. Stepens Media LLC, 2013. Web. April 28, 2014Speregen, Kathy. “Physical education in American public schools.” University of Michigan. SiteMaker and Web. April 26 2014