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Medford Study

Medford Study. Boys Growth Study 1956-1968. Medford Study. Look at growth of boys 7-18 Physical & Motor Characteristics Longitudinal Study No Females Dated Material. Physical Fitness. World Book Definition A personal responsibility

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Medford Study

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  1. Medford Study Boys Growth Study 1956-1968

  2. Medford Study • Look at growth of boys 7-18 • Physical & Motor Characteristics • Longitudinal Study • No Females • Dated Material

  3. Physical Fitness • World Book Definition • A personal responsibility • A combination of qualities enable a person to perform well in vigorous physical activity • Healthy people may be unfit if they don’t exercise regularly • Aufsesser Definition

  4. Physical Fitness • Benefits of Physical Fitness • Better physical performance is only one benefit • Increase capacity & efficiency of the heart • Help maintain proper weight • Fit people tend to be slender and look better than those who are unfit • Greater resistance to disease

  5. Benefits • Recover faster if become ill • Fit people may be “ Happier”, more alert and relaxed • May be able to resist the effects of aging better than those who are unfit

  6. Historical Look at Fitness • Basis for physical education programs • YMCA Triangle • Early Programs in New England • Dudley • Harvard Step Test • Rogers PFI • Kraus Weber Fitness Test • 1960 Presidents Council

  7. Components of Physical Fitness • Health related • Strength • Muscular Endurance • Cardiovascular Endurance • Flexibility • Skill related Aspects • Balance • Reaction Time

  8. Skill Related ( cont.) • Coordination • Agility • Speed • Fitness Tests usually tap one or more areas • Early Tests Health Related • Many Tests combine areas

  9. Fitness Tests • 1960 Presidents Council on Physical Fitness ( Kennedy) • Focus on Health Related Aspects of Fitness • Businesses Fitness Programs • Exxon New Jersey • Productivity • Health of Executives

  10. Fitness Tests • Kraus Weber, 1958 • AAHPERD Youth Fitness. 1976 • Health Related Fitness, 1980 • Physical Best • Fitness Gram • Jump Rope for Heart • Hoops for Heart

  11. Fitness Tests • AAHPERD Youth Fitness Test (1965) • Revised 1976 • Versions • Pull-up • Sit-up • Standing broad jump • Shuttle run • 50 yard dash

  12. Youth Fitness Test • 600 yard run/walk • Softball throw for distance • Modifications • Delete 600 run/walk: • Replaced with 1 mile or 9 min. (13& under) • or 1.5 mile or 12 minute (13 & Up) • Delete Softball throw

  13. Health Related Fitness Test • Defined Fitness as:Cardiorespiratory • Body Composition ( leanness) • Abdominal and low back strength • Items: • Cardiovascular • 9 minute or 1 mile • 1.5 mile or 12 minute

  14. Health Related Items • Body Composition • Sum of triceps & subscapularis • Abdominal & Low Back • Modified Timed Sit-up(60 seconds) • Sit & Reach

  15. Use of Fitness Tests • Diagnosis strengths/ weaknesses • Set objectives • Program evaluation • Demonstrate importance of program • Motivate kids • Improve public relations

  16. Overweight & Obesity • Definitions • 10% ideal weight • 20% ideal weight • Video “ Fat Chance in a Thin World • Set-point theory • Madison Avenue • Anorexia • Bulimia

  17. Eating Disorders • Definition: an abnormal relationship with food. • Anorexia • Bulimia • Binge eating disorder (BED) • Compulsive over eating • All are considered mental disorders

  18. Anorexia • Definition: described as an obsession with being thin • Called the starving Disease • There is no correlation with their actual weight and their desire • 90% are females

  19. Bulimia • Eat and purge • Vomiting • Diuretics • Laxative abuse

  20. Obesity • Baby Fat Myth

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