IHPRA Newsletter
January 2007
Click here for a free PDF of rare Army physical training manuals.
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This link will take you to the 1946 Army PT test and scoring standards.
Here a few other Gutenberg links:
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THE ROYAL
ROAD TO HEALTH OR THE SECRET OF HEALTH WITHOUT DRUGS. By Chas. A. Tyrrell |
POWER
THROUGH REPOSE By Annie Payson Call |
A DAY IN OLD
ATHENS by William Stearns Davis |
Hatha Yoga in public schools has long been a controversial
topic,
but it has survived on the periphery of physical education for many years.
Here is a current incarnation.
California educators have been tracking the declining
physical fitness of their youth since early 2000,
and have clearly linked physical fitness to academic
performance.
A recent report suggests that school physical
education programs might even be part of the problem.
The California report looks similar to a recent Cornell study.
| 80% of our teens are
poorly nourished and inert? A
study published in the February 2007 issue of the American Journal
of Preventive Medicine reports that almost 80% of teens ages 11-15
are inert and malnourished. The February 2007 American Journal of Preventive Medicine includes a University of Minnesota Despite report that in spite of initiatives to encourage healthy eating habits, teens in middle adolescence are eating fewer fruits and vegetables than in 1999. Source yahoo.com |