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Beyond recess: Schools get creative in providing adequate exercise opportunities

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A.L. Lotts Elementary School fifth-graders Payton Todd, Sarah Dunn and Huda Henderson jump over a rope as Mallory McKinney swings one end of the rope.

Michael Reed catches the basketball as Jaden Gibbs and Shekinah McLaughlin look on. A large group of fifth-graders at A.L. Lotts Elementary School always plays basketball during recess.

28 Average minutes a Knox County Schools elementary student spends in recess daily.

73 Average minutes a Knox County Schools first through fifth grader spends in physical education weekly.

35 Percent of students in Knox County Schools who are obese or overweight.

150 Number of minutes elementary students should spend in physical education weekly, according to the American Heart Association and National Association of Sports and Physical Education.

90 Number of minutes of physical activity Tennessee schools are required to provide by law during the instructional week to elementary and secondary students.

Source: Aneisa McDonald, Knox County coordinated school health specialist

Fifth-grade girls at A.L. Lotts Elementary School sing songs as they jump rope.

Boys swing from monkey bars and a coed group plays basketball.

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