Playing and exercising is essential for health and can reduce childhood obesity and could also help prevent it in adulthood. Exercise, movement, any physical activity will have a direct impact on behavior and brain development. It's simple really, increasing oxygen flow to the brain helps concentration and function, exercise increases brain neurotransmitters. Any of these, which will increase brain capacity, are an obvious benefit to learning and growing as a student. Many schools are cutting physical education to support a more rigorous academic program, even though studies have been conducted to prove this theory