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Article: After-School Physical Activity Programs for Adolescent Girls.(part 3 in series on active women's health issues)
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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The following two articles conclude a three-part feature on health issues for active females. In the August issue, after an introduction by feature editor Lynda Ransdell, Sarah Warner and Janet Shaw described the relationship between estrogen levels, physical activity, and bone maladies such as osteoporosis, while Ro Di Brezzo and Gretchen Oliver offered strategies for preventing ACL injuries among the active female population. In the September issue, Mary K. Dinger described the various healthrisk behavious of active adolescent and young-adult females and offered advice on countering these behaviors, while Katherine A. Beals discussed the effects of subclinical eating ...