Physical Education and Training - Standards
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review.

29 Sep 2009 This report presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity programs to promote healthy weight among employees. These results form the basis for the recommendation by the Task Force on ... Read more...

Youth resistance training: updated position statement paper from the national strength and conditioning association.

30 Jul 2009 Faigenbaum, AD, Kraemer, WJ, Blimkie, CJR, Jeffreys, I, Micheli, LJ, Nitka, M, and Rowland, TW. Youth resistance training: Updated position statement paper from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. J Strength Cond Res 23(5): S60-S79, ... Read more...

Pulmonary barotrauma in divers during emergency free ascent training: review of 124 cases.

30 Mar 2009 INTRODUCTION: Experience from treating diving accidents indicates that a large proportion of divers suffering from pulmonary barotraumas (PBT) or arterial gas embolism (AGE) were engaged in training dives, specifically emergency free ascent (EFA). ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physical Education and Training - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review. 29 Sep 2009
• Youth resistance training: updated position statement paper from the national strength and conditioning association. 30 Jul 2009
• Pulmonary barotrauma in divers during emergency free ascent training: review of 124 cases. 30 Mar 2009
• Health promotion profile of youth sports clubs in Finland: club officials' and coaches' perceptions. 8 Jan 2009
• Social science, equal justice, and public health policy: lessons from Los Angeles. 30 Dec 2008
• Physiological, performance, and nutritional profile of the Brazilian Olympic Wushu (kung-fu) team. 30 Dec 2008
• Editor's message: the importance of context and the upper regulatory elements. 30 Dec 2008
• Classroom teachers' perceptions of the impact of barriers to teaching physical education on the quality of physical education programs. 29 Nov 2008
• National physical education standards: a summary of student performance and its correlates. 29 Nov 2008
• After-school interventions to increase physical activity among youth. 17 Nov 2008
• Prevention in the first place: schools a setting for action on physical inactivity. 27 Oct 2008
• Measuring neutrophil functions might be a good predictive marker of overtraining in athletes. 30 Aug 2008
• Using disablement models and clinical outcomes assessment to enable evidence-based athletic training practice, part II: clinical outcomes assessment. 29 Jun 2008
• Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology position paper: resistance training in children and adolescents. 30 May 2008
• The current state of personal training: an industry perspective of personal trainers in a small Southeast community. 29 Apr 2008
• Medical conditions affecting sports participation. 30 Mar 2008
• Strength training by children and adolescents. 30 Mar 2008
• IOC consensus statement on training the elite child athlete. 28 Feb 2008
• [Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomized controlled trial in a Brazilian slum] 30 Dec 2007
• Summary of the American Heart Association scientific statement: promoting physical activity in children and youth: a leadership role for schools. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Physical Education and Training'

Definition: Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is EXERCISE THERAPY.

Descriptor UI: D010806

Alternative terms: Physical Education and Training; Physical Education, Training; Physical Education; Education, Physical;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.233.543;

Technical Notes: "instructional" & "often in schools": differentiate from EXERCISE (see MeSH definition there), from GYMNASTICS (see note there) & from EXERCISE THERAPY (prescribed exercise & physical activity); DF: PHYS ED or PHYSICAL EDUC or PHYSICAL EDUCATION