Fitness measures and health outcomes in youth /

"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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth
Otros Autores: Pate, Russell R., Oria, Maria, Pillsbury, Laura, 1984-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2012.
Temas:
Physical fitness > United States > Testing.
Obesity in children > United States > Prevention.
Outcome assessment (Medical care) > United States.
Physical fitness > United States.
Children.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Exercise Test > standards
Adolescent
Child
Outcome Assessment, Health Care.
Condition physique > États-Unis > Tests.
Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux) > États-Unis.
Enfants.
Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux)
children (people by age group)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
Children
Obesity in children > Prevention
Physical fitness
Physical fitness > Testing
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Measuring fitness in youth
  • Methodology for selection and interpretation of health-related fitness measures in youth
  • Health-related fitness measures for youth: body composition
  • Health-related fitness measures for youth: cardiorespiratory endurance
  • Health-related fitness measures for youth: musculoskeletal fitness
  • Health-related fitness measures for youth: flexibility
  • Fitness measures for a national youth survey
  • Fitness measures for schools and other educational settings
  • Future Needs
  • Appendix A: Agenda
  • Appendix B: Glossary
  • Appendix C: Acronyms
  • Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

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