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A new curriculum for fitness education.

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  • Alternative Title:
    Public Health Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Boone, J L
  • Description:
    Regular exercise is important in a preventive approach to health care because it exerts a beneficial effect on many risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease. However, many Americans lack the skills required to devise and carry out a safe and effective exercise program appropriate for a life-time of fitness. This inability is partly due to the lack of fitness education during their school years. School programs in physical education tend to neglect training in the health-related aspects of fitness. Therefore, a new curriculum for fitness education is proposed that would provide seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students with (a) a basic knowledge of their physiological response to exercise, (b) the means to develop their own safe and effective physical fitness program, and (c) the motivation to incorporate regular exercise into their lifestyle. This special 4-week segment of primarily academic study is designed to be inserted into the physical education curriculum. Daily lessons cover health-related fitness, cardiovascular fitness, body fitness, and care of the back. A final written examination covering major areas of information is given to emphasize this academic approach to exercise. Competition in athletic ability is deemphasized, and motivational awards are given based on health-related achievements. The public's present lack of knowledge about physical fitness, coupled with the numerous anatomical and physiological benefits derived from regular, vigorous exercise, mandate an intensified curriculum of fitness education for school children.
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  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 98(5):507-516
  • Pubmed ID:
    6414039
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Volume:
    98
  • Issue:
    5
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    urn:sha256:06ebbce5781ac5d1d8add73de51ad953f4aeab0c4b65ce9881582de20ce4a0d8
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