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Download full textEvans, Blanche W.; Claiborne, Janet M. – 1982
In 1975, a joint committee on physical fitness, composed of the Measurement and Evaluation, Physical Fitness, and Research Councils of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) studied its Youth Fitness Test to determine the need for revision. Study results called for: (1) alteration in traditional…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cardiovascular System, Disease Control, Exercise Physiology
Hill, Mary Anne – Winds of Change, 1997
Diabetes among American Indians has become epidemic since World War II, due to dietary changes and a possible genetic predisposition. Innovative community-based programs teach prevention and management of diabetes through exercise, diet, and blood sugar monitoring. Traditional American Indian lifestyles and diets prevented diabetes. Sidebars…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Diabetes
