The reasons for obesity are identified and its prevention and treatment in children are described through discussions of infant care, eating habits, nutrition, exercise, and family support. (BJD)

Discusses the use of exercises that help students learn to write poetry. (HOD)

Running can be used effectively to produce positive physiological and psychological changes, including cardiovascular and physical fitness, reduction of anxiety, and more effective management of stress. (CJ)

Brief jogging sessions produced decreases in self-stimulatory behaviors and increases in appropriate play, responding, and classroom behavior in seven autistic children (4-14 years old). Changes were evident in a variety of settings. (Author/CL)

As part of a research study, a fitness trail was designed for older adults to increase their physical fitness and cardiovascular health. Exercise stations placed at quarter-mile intervals introduced exercises effective in improving flexibility, muscular strength, endurance, balance, and coordination. (JN)

Explores activities described in ERIC documents that are designed to create in the student an awareness of audience beyond the classroom setting. (HTH)

Drawing on his own experiences as a student and as an English teacher, the author considers the learning value of the marks and comments teachers make on students' compositions. (SJL)

An acceptable substitute for the straight and bent knee sit up exercise is described. (JD)

Offers a glimpse of a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition of 80 photographs and selected writings by first through eighth grade children growing up in Letcher County, Kentucky. Children were guided by an artist-in-residence sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Commission and Appalshop, a multimedia cooperative. (Author/RH)

A study of the beliefs and practices of women and men toward regular jogging demonstrated significant differences between joggers and nonexercisers. Nonexercisers thought jogging required too much time and discipline. Joggers believed that regular jogging has positive effects. (Author/CJ)

Edmund Peyson Weston's long and remarkable career as the father of walking speaks for the benefits of regular exercise through pedestrian activities and a simple life-style based on a moderate approach to eating and personal habits. (LH)

Subjects improved significantly in vertical jump capacity under both training regimes; however, no significant difference was found between the two training methods. (MJB)

In general, basketball players with moderately high aerobic power who reside at an altitude of 1,000 m do not display the hypoxic response to an altitude of 2,200 m expected of sea level residents and aerobically trained athletes. (JD)

Describes the process of developing a multifactorial training program for collegiate female gymnasts, which requires comprehensive examination of all factors that contribute to overall athletic achievement and formalization of objectives in the areas of performance, technical, physical, nutritional, psychological, academic, and social.(SM)

Presents information to promote understanding of the concept of core strength and stability, explain why this concept is important to spine health, and evaluate trunk training activities with respect to their contribution to core strength and stability, noting implications for physical fitness and low back pain. The paper reviews the anatomy and…