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Article: Psychological determinants of adolescent exercise adherence.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- September 22, 1994
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INTRODUCTION
According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control (1985), the typical American school-age child displays fitness and activity profiles well below the levels believed to be necessary to significantly lower health risks. In fact, only one-third of all American school-age children meet minimum fitness standards (Castrone, 1991). According to Varni (1983), one out of every five American children will develop clinical symptoms of coronary heart disease before age 16.
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