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Clinicians Deliver Brief Messages to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Maine Pilot Program

September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

MEM Associates worked with subcontractors to design and pilot test a program - called the Maine Obesity Primary Prevention Project - aimed at preventing obesity among pregnant women and children under age 5.

New Book, Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity, Offers Advice for Parents with Overweight Children

October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Susan Okie, M.D., wrote a book called Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity. The book provides strategies for protecting children and improving their exercise and eating habits.

Special Supplement to Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Presents Findings of Texas-Wide School-Based Fitness Testing

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This September 2010 special supplement analyzes and evaluates the Texas Youth Fitness Study from a number of perspectives.

Overview of the Texas Youth Fitness Study

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Study provides data on youth fitness in one state advances the knowledge base on school-based fitness testing and the factors influencing youth fitness.

Distribution of Health-Related Physical Fitness in Texas Youth

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

The fittest students are younger students and students in schools categorized as low diversity and high socioeconomic status.

The Association of Health-Related Fitness with Indicators of Academic Performance in Texas Schools

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

School fitness attainment is found to be an indicator of schools performing higher academically.

Reliability and Validity of the FITNESSGRAM®

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Teachers get good grades for their ability to conduct fitness tests and benefit from additional training on the testing instrument.

Statewide Physical Fitness Testing

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Trained observers and physical education teachers provide insight into areas of concern and opportunities to improve fitness testing.

A Survey of Physical Education Programs and Policies in Texas Schools

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Texas teachers are supportive of mandatory physical fitness testing but not all students are cooperating.

Physical Education and School Contextual Factors Relating to Students' Achievement and Cross-Grade Differences in Aerobic Fitness and Obesity

September 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Physical education programs and policies explain only some of the variance in fitness levels of Texas students socioeconomic status and community factors also are important.