...The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Adolescent and School Health www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth Revised Version — July 2010 (Replaces April 2010 Early Release) Acknowledgments: This publication was developed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) under contract #200-2002-00800 with ETR Associates. Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary . 5 Introduction . 8 Methods 10 Conceptual Definitions . 10 Inclusion Criteria . 10 Identification of Studies that Met the Inclusion Criteria . 11 Classification of Studies . 11 Study Coding Process . 12 Data Analysis . 13 Results . 14 School-Based Physical Education Studies . 16 Recess Studies . 19 Classroom Physical Activity Studies . 21 Extracurricular Physical Activity Studies . 24 28 Summary . Overall Findings . 28 Findings for Physical...
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...Palmer Cutbacks in Music, Art and Physical Education School is where we all gain basic knowledge. It is where we learn what we need to live and then get interested in what we will excel at later in life. Many students want to grow up to be a lawyer, doctor or a teacher but for some students, it is the dream of being a famous musician, artist or athlete. With education budget cuts and the motion for higher standardized test scores on the raise, many schools have been forced to cut some of their programs. Those hardest hit are music, art and physical education classes. The issue is that cutting these programs may do more harm to students than good. Studies have shown that music, art and physical activity have many positive effects on student development and learning. Physical education has become especially important today. With childhood obesity become an increasing problem, physical health and proper nutrition has become a great concern. Music and art also have also shown to have an impact on physical development. These are the classes and programs that promote creativity, self-expression and individuality, and for many students are the classes that they look the most forward to and are often the highlight of their day. By taking them away are we not robbing our students of the opportunity to learn through different mediums? What about the future musicians, artists and athletes? Are we not robbing...
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...Health Promotion Prevention Adrianne Gorman Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0104 August 10, 2014 The health promotion includes strengthening the skills of individuals to encourage healthy behaviors, and it also includes constructing the healthy social and physical environments to support these actions (Green 1979). It includes any mixture of health instruction and associated organizational, economic, and political interventions designed to facilitate behavioral and environmental changes promoting to health (WHO, 2011). Health promotion involves all different countries from around the world to join together in collaboration to ensure that all the people from each and every community have the resources and information available to educate and further advance their participation in healthy lifestyle. This should be an opportunity available to all individuals even if they are financially dependent, old, uneducated, educated, affluent, or young to name just a few. The green health promotion gives the idea of improving the ecological health and sustainability of the community, school, or business. Green health promotion has been a term since 1986 when the Ottawa Carter for Health Promotion was involved in the ecological public health movement. Green promotion is heard throughout the country. Addressing the green health promotion in schools shows that there is a lack of collaboration between groups educating and the nursing professional. We must begin working on...
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...I ask open-ended questions during reading, math and science daily to promote critical thinking skills. By providing student's with an emergent curriculum as well as field trips I am supporting their advancement. I incorporate the use of puzzles, manipulatives, books and scales to encourage children to explore,analyze and problem-solve.When I take my students on nature walks I am assisting the exploration process with the use of magnifying glasses and by encouraging students to observe and ask questions. CS II a. The "Jump the River" activity promotes physical development because it involves the use of large muscles which encourages gross motor skill development. Children are required to jump over an imaginary river with the use of a rolled towel on the ground that will get wider with...
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...you do that, you become an agent of change. DeBono’s technique of Six Hats is particularly useful. 3. Learn new skills When did you last learn a completely new skill? It’s easy to become complacent with skills we have mastered in the past. However, it’s essential for brain growth to learn learn new skills. Because learning allows the brain to create neurons and new pathways. 3. Practice brain gym exercises Fifty years ago, gyms that focused on strength training were unknown. Nowadays we know that it’s important to exercise our muscles and boost fitness at any age. However, it’s less accepted that we need to train our brain regularly as well. Exercises focused on improving fluid intelligence are called Dual N-Back exercises. Get a free training program . You can download a version for Windows version, or for Mac. Don’t forget to download the tutorial! You can check out how an exercise to boost visual memory works. Another highly rated program is MindFit. It has been endorsed by leading neurologists, but I haven’t tried it yet myself. Find more good ideas on how to exercise your brain in this excellent book: The Sharp Brains Guide to Brain Fitness Forget Nintendo: Brain Age – it’s laughable! The...
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...intramurals; and interscholastic athletics, will be provided to meet the needs and interests of all students, in addition to planned physical education. It is recommended that children and adolescents participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily. Students are more likely to participate in activities that are appropriate to their age and ability level. A variety of options should be available to students during and immediately following the school day and on weekends. School-based physical activities help to focus students on positive behavior and interaction with others, builds self-esteem, establishes personal values and is the basis for the development of lifelong exercise and physical activity. According to www.MyPyramid.gov the benefits of physical activity include: • • • • • • • • Improved self-esteem and feelings of well-being Increased fitness level Helps to build and maintain bones, muscles, and joints Builds endurance and muscle strength Enhances flexibility and posture Helps manage weight Lowers risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and type 2 diabetes Helps control blood pressure Age-appropriate physical activity opportunities (such as recess, before school, after school, during lunch, and through clubs, intramurals, and interscholastic athletics) will be provided to meet the needs and interests of all students, in addition to planned physical education. Plan Of Action: 1...
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...“BMI” means and then, you will calculate your own value and show the math work (or at least, explain how you arrived at your value). You will then, compare your individual BMI value to the standard tables and write up a short essay interpreting your value and defining whether you are underweight, normal weight or overweight. Once you have identified your weight status, you will then, detail an action plan for yourself, based on your values and your individual goals. Basically, depending on where your BMI values fall, you will write up a diet and exercise plan that helps you either gain weight, maintain your weight or lose weight. Plan must include both a dietary and physical activity component (3 sections of the iLab so far). Grading Rubric The breakdown for this 25 point iLab is as follows: Define BMI 4 points Calculate individual BMI (show equation and work) 6 points Compare & contrast BMI to standard tables and then, develop action plan for diet and physical activity based on your BMI assessment. Diet must include calories you will eat in one day as well as a snapshot of how you will eat. You must include the amounts and types of foods you plan on eating to support your BMI value. In the exercise plan should touch on 5 areas of a sound fitness plan and make sure to include specific exercises, reps, sets and duration. 15 points (3 pts for first part and 6 points each for diet and exercise plan-second and third...
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...harmful. They can cause frustration in working out and sometimes even lead to injury. One reason myths get started, is that we all react to exercise a little differently. So what's true for one person may not be true for another." (Harr, 2001) That said, experts say there are also some fitness myths that just need busting! Running on a Treadmill is Easier on the Knees Sorry, but it is the running itself that stresses the knees, not the surface you’re pounding. To ease the impact on your knees, experts advise varying your aerobic activities: mix running with riding a stationary bike or using the elliptical machine at the gym (Cool, 2012). Crunches Lead to Six-pack Abs Sure they will as long as you also get rid of any belly fat that obscures your abdominal muscles. While crunches strengthen muscles, they won’t burn off the fat in your belly. To flaunt your newly crunched abs you’ve got to trim the fat via diet, cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. And, of course, for crunches to work, you’ve got to learn to do them right (Cool, 2012). I can spot reduce. It's simply not possible to burn off fat in a specific body part by exercising that area. At best you might lose some water weight, giving you the impression that you spot reduced. But if you rehydrate, you'll see those stubborn inches magically reappear. Only regular exercise, including aerobic and...
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...through physical and mental exercise and deep relaxation. Although known to be at least 5,000 years old, yoga is not a religion and fits well with any individual's religious or spiritual practice. Anyone of any age, religion or life condition can practice yoga and derive its benefits. Yoga is the practice of putting the body into different postures while maintaining controlled breathing. It is considered to be a discipline that challenges and calms the body, the mind, and the spirit. By focusing on the breath entering and leaving your body, you are performing an exercise in concentration. After learning the history and practicing the throughout this fall semester, I have a new found respect and outlook for yoga. I would like to share with you an experience my family and I had to endure and probably how I was lead to signing up for this class. I come from a very close-knit family and, as such, all my life, so far, my cousin has always been more like a sister to me. We had children at the same time and always remained close. Last fall her son, Mikey was diagnosed with cancer. I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming devastation and complete sadness this brought to our family. My cousin was on an emotional roller coaster, and I can remember asking her how she stays so strong and how she got through all the treatments and still kept it together---- her response was "yoga"....I was somewhat skeptical--- thinking to myself that an exercise, i.e., yoga, would aid in the...
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...Running head: Assignment 2 – Employing Strategy in a Competitive Environment - Fitness Connection Assignment 2 – Employing Strategy in a Competitive Environment - Fitness Connection Sample Student Strategic Management BUS 599, Winter 2013 Dr. Ingrid Wright February 3, 2013 Abstract As a business professional in the physical fitness industry, I have created an environmental scan for Fitness Connection in order for them to assess the threats and implement a plan of action to ensure that the impact is minimal. The components of the environmental scan are comprised of information addressing the following: 1) Create an environmental scan for the company indicating the most significant environmental threats and discuss how the company should respond to each threat to ensure that the impact to the business is minimal. 2) Based on the environmental scan, evaluate the company’s strengths and evaluate how the company can leverage these strengths so as to yield a competitive advantage in the marketplace. 3) Identify a significant competitor for the company and assess how your company will compete against it to maximize profits and create value for stakeholders. 4) Assume that the U.S. economy is in a state of decline requiring modifications to the strategy. Evaluate how the strategy should be modified. Provide a justification of how this will help the company continue to compete in the marketplace. 5) Evaluate how global competition may impact the business strategy and determine...
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...and scientists have always favored preventive measures to avoid the conditions which result in undergoing a rigorous treatment. In this view physical activity or fitness training programs have been found having significant effects in the prevention of strokes as well as at post care stage as treatment and a measure of rehabilitation in survivors of cardiac arrests. Further, it has been noted in recently conducted studies that quite a remarkable evidences are discovered in favor of physical activity as therapeutic as well as rehabilitative in nature. Organized physical activity in the form of exercise, tailor made programs according to the needs of the patients at post care stage and fitness training exercise therapy have been found considerably helpful in rehabilitation in the survivors of stroke. In addition, further research is proposed to explore the different types of organized exercise programs according to the physical and mental conditions of survivors and as preventive measures among them. Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Stroke Cardiac arrest is a one of the growing and leading causes of death around the globe. According to available data, more than 130,000 people suffer from heart attack, from mild to severe strokes, every year, (SIGN, 2008). One cannot ignore preventive measures; however, once a person goes through a severe form of arrest, he needs post...
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...BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW Bally Total Fitness was created in 1996 with Lee Hillman as its first CEO. Bally traces its existence to the Health and Tennis Corporation, run by Dave Wildman. Wildman had begun to purchase ailing gyms and aggressively expanded and acquired several other brands as well. In the 1990s, as part of a diversification move, Bally Manufacturing, a gambling equipment company, decided to purchase Wildman’s collection of gyms and other brands. This diversification of brands created what was known as Bally Entertainment. Bally Total Fitness was then created in 1996 as the health club portion of Bally Entertainment. Lee Hillman started the company off in an unusual path, Mr. Hillman used a retrenchment strategy by selling off outlets, rationalizing Bally’s brand portfolio, and closing several clubs, which then returned the business to profitability. During Hillman’s course of leadership, Bally developed a very broad range of products and services, which increased revenues out of the company’s existing membership base and added profit to the bottom line. The company faced a triggering event when Bally’s CEO Lee Hillman stepped down suddenly in December of 2002. Bally’s chief operation officer at the time, Paul Toback, replaced Mr. Hillman and moved to the top of the company. Toback’s started as CEO explaining that he expected changes to the company to be “more evolutionary than revolutionary”. Under Hillman’s lead, Bally was operating essentially as two different...
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...Running head: MARKETING MANAGEMENT MKT522 First Draft Your Name Marketing Management MKT522 Date Professor Phil Shaps Table of Contents (Leave Page Blank) Executive Summary (Leave Page Blank) Situation Analysis Gladiator Tough is a business that focuses in creating products for fitness gurus. The company believes people who are active in fitness, need products that will keep them looking fresh, comfortable and empowered while they do their fitness activities. The main concern of this company is to comfort consumers while they exercise. There are about “three million sweat glands in a human body” and people need an object to absorb the moisture off their body (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/fyi-how-much-can-human-body-sweat-it-runs-out). This is how the Gladiator Towel was created. The gladiator towel is light weight and absorbs more water than a regular towel. This is why Gladiator believes this product will be a success. People are becoming for health conscious and have been eating healthier and exercising more often. This is why Gladiator Tough believes now is the time to hit the market while it’s expanding. Gladiator Toughs marketing strategy will be the strength of creating brand and product awareness to a specialized market. Market Summary Even in the midst of the economic downturn, the fitness industry has maintained steady growth, with gym membership rates growing consistently and profit remaining solid. Demand for...
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...Combat Fitness Training (CFT). A. Every Marine most be physically fit regardless of age, grade, or duty assignment. 1. Self disciple and personal commitment are required to maintain high level of physical fitness. 2. Marines who are not physically fit are damaged and reduce from the combat readiness of their unit. B. The Marines program consist of organizational and individual combat conditional program. which are Physical Training Test, Combat Training Test , and Remedial Conditioning Program. 1. The Combat Conditioning Program develops every Marine to perform job required garrison, training in combat. 2. Combat Conditioning Program promotes overall health and wellness to every Marine. This consist of regular exercises proper nutrition health education and physical and combat evaluation. In...
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...Bottled Water Market Penetration Name Institution Bottled Water Market Penetration Introduction The demand for bottles water has grown tremendously owing to its increased popularity. The industry has been growing at an average rate of 20% per year (Gleick, 2010, p. 15). Demand has grown over 500% in the last decade and a half. In the United States there is a demand of 79 liters of bottles water per person in a year, which has resulted in the sale of up to 30 billion in the sale of the product (Gleick, 2010, p. 17). This has been driven by increased population and the decreased quality of water supplies from the public mains. People have feared for their health and thus have opted for bottles water that is more purified and fresh. The consumption of bottled water in the United States fell in 2008 to 30 billion bottles compared to 2007 (Clarke et al, 2009, p. 28). Bottles water faces stiff competition from other beverages such as sodas. It is thus important that companies to reposition the product in order to get back to the positive growth trend. Repositioned Target Market The market for bottled water is quite large as water is a commodity that is essential to life. Bottled water may face competition from soft drinks and supplies from local authorities. Manufacturers of the product (bottled water) have used various methods in segmenting the market and obtaining potential targets. For instance, coca cola the manufacturer of Dasani, and Nestle have targeted...
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