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ihlr-18834	St. Louis, Frandy	The Decline of Mandatory Physical Education in Grade Schools Resulted in the Current Childhood Obesity Crisis and Consequently an Unsustainable Rise in Health Care Spending	2012	34	.pdf	application/pdf	11207	479	48	Physical education remained missing from the public education system for the better part of the nineteenth century until Dr. J.C. Warren-a medical professor at Harvard University and strong proponent of physical activity-developed credible evidence that showed the proper functioning of the body and mind necessitated regular exercise.14 Dalleck and Kravitz noted that [olne of the most important events [in the history of physical education] in the United States was the Industrial Revolution. 661 I. INTRODUCTION The empirically-minded, father of the field of logic, and pioneer of Greek philosophy, Aristotle (writing in politics- * J.D., Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, 2013; B.A., Georgia State University, 2010. INDIANA HEALTH LAW REVIEW 350 BCE), recognized more than two thousand years ago that Education (including physical education) is a function of the State.1 He further elaborated that education should be guided by legislation to make it correspond with the results of psychological analysis, and follow the gradual development of the physical and mental faculties of the individual.2 For Aristotle education-both traditional and physical-was a proper matter to be legislated.	cache/ihlr-18834.pdf	txt/ihlr-18834.txt