NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An after-school education intervention for minority youth in Florida was associated with improved physical fitness and nutrition knowledge, but failed to reduce BMI or increase physical activity levels when compared with controls, according to findings from a pilot study presented here. “We can see that minority children are driving up the rates of obesity in our
More states and districts are paying closer attention to students' physical fitness since 2000, the CDC finds.
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Every two years the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance publishes a “Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.”
- The definition of physical fitness can vary, but most experts agree that there are five components of physical fitness. These components represent how fit and healthy the body is as a whole: 1. Cardiovascular Fitness — The cardiovascular system (also called the circulatory system) consists of the heart (cardio) and the blood vessels (vascular). It's the system that supplies oxygen and blood throughout the body. Cardiovascular fitness is the body's ability to supply oxygen and blood to the working muscles during exercise that lasts for an extended period of time. Aerobic Exercise improves cardiovascular fitness. 2. Muscular Strength — Muscular strength is the amount of force a muscle or muscle group can exert against a
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Health officials want adults and kids to move more all day long. Key updates to the recommendations? Including younger children and including all movement (not just bouts that last 10 minutes or longer) as counting toward required activity.
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, which means it’s time to celebrate physical fitness and how it can transform the classroom experience. Physical fitness promotes teamwork, healthy living and optimism for young learners. As a spring intern here at the U.S. Department of Education (ED), I was recently given the chance to accompanyContinue Reading