Author: Publisher:
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Category : Physical fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
New Youth Fitness Test Norms and the Presidential Award
Author: The Presidential Physical Fitness Award Program
Author: Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309262879
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Physical fitness affects our ability to function and be active. At poor levels, it is associated with such health outcomes as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Physical fitness testing in American youth was established on a large scale in the 1950s with an early focus on performance-related fitness that gradually gave way to an emphasis on health-related fitness. Using appropriately selected measures to collected fitness data in youth will advance our understanding of how fitness among youth translates into better health. In Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth, the IOM assesses the relationship between youth fitness test items and health outcomes, recommends the best fitness test items, provides guidance for interpreting fitness scores, and provides an agenda for needed research. The report concludes that selected cardiorespiratory endurance, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition measures should be in fitness surveys and in schools. Collecting fitness data nationally and in schools helps with setting and achieving fitness goals and priorities for public health at an individual and national level.
Newsletter
Author: Newsletter - President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Author: President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Physical Activity and Health
Author: Audrey F. ManleyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788134965
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health. For more than a century, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has focused the nation's attention on important public health issues. Reports from Surgeons General on the adverse health consequences of smoking triggered nationwide efforts to prevent tobacco use. Reports on nutrition, violence, and HIV/AlDS - to name but a few - have heightened America's awareness of important public health issues and have spawned major public health initiatives. This new report, which is a comprehensive review of the available scientific evidence about the relationship between physical activity and health status, follows in this notable tradition. Scientists and doctors have known for years that substantial benefits can be gained from regular physical activity. The expanding and strengthening evidence on the relationship between physical activity and health necessitates the focus this report brings to this important public health challenge. Although the science of physical activity is a complex and still-developing field, we have today strong evidence to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains. In this sense, the report is more than a summary of the science - it is a national call to action.
Physical Activity and Health
Author: Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Physical Activity and Health
Author: United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Promotes value of lifelong moderate exercise.