Study financed by National Institutes of Health Grant HD-00963-02.

This investigation sought to determine whether the excellent performer evolves from typical material through training or if he brings facilitating characteristics with him to practice on the first day. Subjects were highly successful AAU age-group competitors who had invested at least 50 percent of their lives in swim training. These seven female…

Childhood obesity starts at a very early age, and preventive measures taken early enough may retard the development of fat cells. It appears that physical activity plays an important role in reducing obesity. The activity program must start early, in preschool days. It is felt that screening children for obesity when they first enter school and…

This guide to biological awareness through guided self-discovery is based on 51 single focus statements concerning the human body. For each statement there are explanations of the underlying physiological principles and suggested activities and discussion ideas to encourage understanding of the statement in terms of the human body's functions,…