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Title Exercise and fitness / Laurie Willis, book editor.

Publication Info. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2013.

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 Avon - Downloadable Materials  Gale Virtual Reference Library eBook    Downloadable
Available for Avon Free Public Library via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
Description 1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series Issues that concern you
Gale virtual reference library
Issues that concern you.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Teenagers are too sedentary / Josephine Marcotty -- Schools should take charge of student fitness / David Satcher -- Families should take charge of kids' fitness / Susan J. Grosse -- Communities and families should take responsibility for healthy diets / Deborah Douglas -- Schools should make nutrition education part of the curriculum / Claire Drummond -- Childhood obesity is caused by several factors / Katti Gray -- Michelle Obama's Let's move! program is wasteful and intrusive / Michael Tennant -- Exercise seen as priming the pump for students / Debra Viadero -- Alternative sports can help improve physical education / Ron Schachter -- Technology can help improve physical education -- Playing sports teaches life skills / Scott Ganz and Kevin Hassett -- Parents and coaches should be aware of sports-related concussions / Rhiannon Potkey.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Summary Explores the issues surrounding exercise and fitness for children. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Physical fitness for children.
Exercise for children -- Physiological aspects.
Obesity in children.
Added Author Willis, Laurie, editor.
Gale Group.
Other Form: Print version: Exercise and fitness. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2013] 9780737762938 (DLC) 2012034553
ISBN 9780737767827 (electronic book)
9780737762938 (hardcover)
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