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PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS: CHILDREN:
Schools Finding Creative Ways To Boost Exercise
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Schools Finding Creative Ways To Boost Exercise
Friday, September 20, 2013 1:06 AM EDT
By Helena Oliviero
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Republican American
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/09/28/lifestyle/health/751355.txt
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In a joint letter - sent to superintendents across the state - State
Superintendent John Barge and Georgia Department of Public Health
Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald made their case for more exercise by
pointing to the staggering results of a statewide fitness assessment: Only
16 percent of the state's students passed five tests of physical fitness,
which measured flexibility, body/mass index, aerobic capacity (in a
one-mile run/walk or in an interval run) and the ability to do push-ups
and curl-ups.
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One in five students was unable to pass any of the tests conducted last
year.
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With the state mired in a child obesity epidemic, and kids not only heavy,
but also weak, the message was simple: Find a way to get kids moving more.
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Not as a replacement for recess or PE, but school systems instead were
asked to develop new and innovative cardio programs to weave into an
already time-pressed day.
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State officials also asked for pledges for what they coined, "Power Up for
30." Just weeks into the new school year, Georgia schools have responded,
with more than 100 committing to incorporating 30 or more minutes of
exercise into the daily routine, including everything from zumba and yoga
classes before the first bell rings to walking and running clubs after
school and 10-minute deskercize and "brain breaks."
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At Stonewall Tell Elementary in College Park, Lisa Sinon, a PE teacher,
got a grant to get pedometers for every student. The pedometers will be
used to encourage kids to take 10,000 steps every day. But she said those
pedometers will also accompany students to math class where the fitness
tool's measurements can also be used for math exercises.
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Georgia's fitness problem grew over the years as schools came under
pressure to show academic progress, so they slashed or even eliminated PE.
Even recess was no longer a given. But exercise is now moving up the
priority list as officials try to reverse the obesity.
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