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ERIC Number: EJ1113191
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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New Approach to School Health Initiatives: Using Fitness Measures Instead of Body Mass Index to Evaluate Outcomes
Phelps, Joshua; Smith, Amanda; Parker, Stephany; Hermann, Janice
Journal of Extension, v54 n4 Article 4TOT5 Aug 2016
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service provided elementary school students with a program that included a noncompetitive physical activity component: circuit training that combined cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility activities without requiring high skill levels. The intent was to improve fitness without focusing on body mass index as an indicator of fitness. Youths (111) in grades 3-5 underwent President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition testing at baseline and program completion. Significant improvements were observed in average fitness measures among youths who participated in the circuit training. Extension professionals looking for new tools to use with school-based physical activity programs may consider circuit training as a noncompetitive means of improving youth physical fitness and fitness measures as more appropriate outcome indicators.
Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture
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Identifiers - Location: Oklahoma
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A