Activity or Fitness: Is the Process or the Product More Important for Public Health?.

Meredith, Marilu D.

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ERIC Number: EJ395992

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Activity or Fitness: Is the Process or the Product More Important for Public Health?

Meredith, Marilu D.

Quest, v40 n3 p180-86 Dec 1988

Although much more research is needed to determine the exact nature of health benefits derived from child physical activity, it is clear that physical education professionals must motivate students to incorporate physical activity in their daily lives to reduce their risk of developing inactivity-related health problems in adulthood. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Health Promotion, Lifetime Sports, Outcomes of Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Relevance (Education)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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