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Study Finds Gym Class Is Getting More Dangerous
August 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
Physical education is supposed to help kids get in shape, but a new study has found the number of injuries in gym class is on the rise.
The study found that injuries increased by 150 percent — from 24,000 in 1997 to 64,000 in 2007. The report was published in the medical journal Pediatrics and it looked at more than 400,000 injuries that required a trip to the hospital. 98 percent of those visits resulted in a quick discharge. Not surprisingly, 75 percent of the injured were boys.
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Are kids really getting injured more often? Or are schools just so mindful of the litigious times we live in that they’d rather call an ambulance than have a parent call a lawyer?