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Gartrell, Dan; Sonsteng, Kathleen – Young Children, 2008
Healthy child development relies on physical activity. New curriculum models are effectively integrating physical activity in education programs. The authors describe three such models: S.M.A.R.T. (Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training); Kids in Action, incorporating cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and endurance,…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities
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Pangrazi, Robert P.; Corbin, Charles B. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1993
Answers teachers' questions about physical fitness, emphasizing children's physical fitness, why people believe children are unfit, children's activity levels, heredity and maturation in fitness testing, test results, adequate fitness, activity, and participation, how long it takes children to get fit, reward systems, current fitness testing, and…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Child Development, Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education