IHPRA Newsletter
May 2004


Click here and go to the President's Challenge Website

The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives. No matter what your activity and fitness level, the President's Challenge can help motivate you to improve. 

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Childhood obesity: a growing problem
• In 1999, 13 percent of U.S. children, ages 6 to 11, and 14 percent of adolescents, ages 12 to 19, were overweight.
• Risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure, occur with increased frequency in overweight children and adolescents.
• Type 2 diabetes, previously considered an adult disease, has increased dramatically in children.
• The most immediate consequence of overweight as perceived by children is social discrimination.
Source: U.S. surgeon general's office

But then, life is short

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Congress joins with athletes to speak out on childhood obesity

Hundreds of schools left hanging as NSFF starts to collapse

Wisconsin Governor backs out of $10 million NSFF commitment

Blood pressure of US kids, teens on the rise: study

Americans Have High Levels Of Pesticides In Their Body

Airmen tackle tougher physical fitness standards

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Luther Gulick

  • Served as head of Physical Education at School for Christian Workers in Springfield, MA (now known as the YMCA) (1887-1900)
  • An advocate of physical training, helped convince Dr. Naismith to create an indoor game as off-season training, which would evolve into the game of "basket ball"
  • Guided and promoted basketball during its first years to national and international recognition through YMCA and AAU organizations
  • Chairman, AAU Basket Ball Committee (1895-1905)
  • Member, Olympic Games Committee (1906-Athens, 1908-London)
  • Developed the triangular YMCA symbol, signifying the physical, emotional and intellectual
  • Founded Public School Athletic League (PSAL) as head of physical education for Public Schools of New York City (1903)
  • Implemented a two-minute exercise program in public schools, the first effort of this type
  • Became internationally known after presenting a series of physical training lectures at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition
  • Joint founder and president of the Playground and Recreation Association of America and the National Recreation Association (1906)
  • Instrumental in creation of the Boy Scouts
  • Along with his wife, introduced the Camp Fire Girls to educate women on changing roles outside the home (1911)
  • Became the leader of a successful campaign for recruiting physical education and recreation directors for soldiers in the United States and overseas

Luther Gulick, “Physical Education: A New Profession,” Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (Ithaca, American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education, 1890), p 59-66

 

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