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Peer reviewedPollock, Cynthia L. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1992
Examines the need for exercise intensity to become physically fit, concluding that intensity is not important for improving health, only for improving performance. What is important is routinely performing some sort of exercise. (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Exercise, Males, Physical Activity Level
Peer reviewedSimons-Morton, Bruce; And Others – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1987
An article discusses what is known about children's fitness based on numerous small-scale studies. Specifically addressed are issues of cardiovascular fitness, effects of training, participation in physical activity, and behavioral carryovers to adulthood. Six articles follow that comment on and critique the first. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Children, Elementary Education, Habit Formation
Peer reviewedPate, Russell R. – Quest, 1988
Physical education should primarily promote health-related physical fitness, characterized by an ability to perform daily activities with vigor, and demonstration of traits and capacities associated with low risk of premature development of inactivity-related diseases. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Health Promotion, Physical Activity Level
Peer reviewedCarlson, Gerald P. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
Physical education should be considered a basic component of education since it contributes to the total development of the individual. However, physical education objectives have not been reached, in spite of research supporting the goals and a large percentage of students participating in physical education programs. (JN)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Responsibility, Exercise Physiology
Peer reviewedJavernick, Ellen – Young Children, 1988
Discusses the problem of overweight and obese preschoolers, particularly those in an academic preschool situation, which traditionally allows children to function without specific objectives related to physical fitness. Offers recommendations for integrating a balanced fitness program. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Eating Habits, Health Education, Nutrition
Download full textSchiamberg, Lawrence B. – 1983
This paper provides a brief review of theory, research, and educational implications for the role of exercise in controlling select biological and physiological changes which have traditionally been assumed to simply "happen" to the older adult. It is noted that recent research has suggested that many biological and physiological effects of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cultural Influences, Exercise, Exercise Physiology
Clarke, H. Harrison – 1982
This paper's major focus is on particular physical-motor domain contributers to the total effectiveness of the person. Topics addressed include: (1) the integrity of the organism; (2) mental achievement; (3) personal-social effectiveness; (4) the nature, extent, and significance of individual differences; and (5) the configuration of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise Physiology
