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Article: Emphasizing fitness objectives in secondary physical education.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
- Author:
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Today's adults were yesterday's students taking physical education and learning how to be fit. If that is true, how do we explain that one in two American adults does not participate in regular vigorous physical activity, while one in four pursues no vigorous leisure activity (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1996). Why are more than 40 percent of Americans above 40 years of age overweight, with males more so than females (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1996)? There is ample evidence that physical activity levels decrease during the teen years (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 1996). Although no evidence attributes factors such as ...