A survey was conducted to see how many high school students were engaged in physical activity. The study found that 17.7% of females and 36.6% of males were physically active outside of school for an average of approximately 60 minutes per day. Approximately 24.0% of female and 34.9% of male high school students attend a physical education class daily (“Physical Activity Data” 2). Participation in physical education courses at the high school level is increasingly declining. Some schools require students to take a physical education course only in their first year or even make it optional. High school students should be required to take physical education through senior year, unless a student is involved in a school sport, after-school sport, or intermural activity. By maintaining physical education even in high school, students would have greater knowledge on how to live a healthy life and therefore would be much less likely to have the previously listed problems such as obesity or poor health.