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Educating the Student Body
Changes in a single venue or sector or at a single level or those that 
are uncoordinated are unlikely to be effective and will do little to effect 
long-term improvement. Interactions among and between the local school 
or district and eight additional sectors will be required to achieve the 
desired outcomes: (1) home and family; (2) transportation, land use, and 
community design; (3) volunteer and nonprofit community organizations; 
(4) business and industry; (5) parks, recreation, and sports; (6) neighbor-
hood resources, including safety; (7) health care and public health; and 
(8) media and communications. These sectors traditionally have operated 
independently and have not communicated effectively. All, however, share 
a stake in and responsibility for working to change the conditions that pro-
FIGURE 1-1 
Context for physical activity and physical education in the school environment.
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