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IHPRA Newsletter
November 2005

Physical education has three primary functions in a civilized society.

National Security--We must remain fit to defend our homeland.
National Productivity--Healthy and fit workers are needed to produce goods and services for all.
Cultural Evolution--When their borders are secure and their basic needs are met, highly civilized societies create amusement, recreation and leisure aimed at guiding its citizens toward the highest human ideals.

The sobering devolution of our national physical culture
and the steady decline of our physical fitness
should be on our minds this month,
as we look ahead to increased vulnerability
if we continue to allow ourselves to become
more inert, malformed and clumsy.
Our nation produces thousands of fit young citizens,
but far too many are growing up needlessly short of the mark.

Here are a few IHPRA links to past articles
that deal with the issue of national physical readiness.

IAHPERD President Dr. Jerry Landwer's Warning

Parks and Recreation Magazine Warning

Unfit for Combat

We've Been Losing Ground for Several Generations

Physical Readiness Was Widely Discussed During and After WWII

Today's Soldiers Fail WWII Physical Readiness Standards

Army Historian Paints Bleak Picture of Army Physical Readiness Past

Over the last few years, California has conducted widespread
physical fitness testing in its schools. While a staggering number of students
are unfit, the testing has established a clear link between
physical fitness and academic performance.

Recent testing in California indicates little
youth fitness improvement in past years,
but California educators should be saluted
for taking the issue seriously.

Kids' physical fitness shows slim progress

Report: Most Calif. Students Too Fat

Area youths missing fitness mark

Tests Show Gilroy Students Unfit

California Kids Not Fit For Their Age

New Report: California Students are Too Fat, Slow or Weak

IAHPERD President Ken Daley presented an off-the-ground
workshop for Des Moines area physical educators this month.
Hats off to Ken and other Iowa physical educators who are raising the bar.

AEA13 is sponsoring a series of ICNs on body mechanics
and functional fitness. Click for more info.

Iowa Physical Education Evolving

New York P.E.: More fitness, less sports

Injection needles too short for fat people

Rueters reported this month that today's injection needles are not long enough for the increasing size of many rear ends. Researchers found that 23 out of 25 women injected in one study did not receive the proper dosage because the needle could not get to the muscle.

The study, was conducted at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin and the results were made public at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Two out of three of all the 50 subjects in the study did not get a full dose of the injection. The drug got only to the fat tissue. This creates two problems in that fat patients will not get the correct dosage, and the drug that gets lodged in fat tissue can cause infections.

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