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ERIC Number: EJ561987
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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One-Mile Run Performance and Body Mass Index in Asian and Pacific Islander Youth: Passing Rates for the FITNESSGRAM.
Bungum, Timothy J.; Jackson, Allen W.; Weiller, Karen H.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v69 n1 p89-93 Mar 1998
Used FITNESSGRAM fitness standards to compare passing rates of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) students with passing rates of National Children and Youth Fitness Study participants, examining body mass index (BMI) and 1-mile run (OMR) rates. The groups had similar BMI but differing OMR passing rates. There were gender- and age-related BMI and OMR differences. (SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Body Composition, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Pacific Americans, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Running, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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