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Children's fitness testing: feasibility study summary
The following report represents a summary of a study which was
commissioned by the National Assembly for Wales on the feasibility of
carrying out a research project on the fitness levels of Welsh children.
Although this study was conducted in 2004, it is still considered of real
relevance and interest today, particularly given the recent recommendations
that have been made concerning fitness testing children within the Annual
Chief Medical Officers (CMO) report (Department of Health, March 2010).
The report recommends that:
1. comprehensive physical fitness testing should be piloted in secondary
schools
2. the pilot must include both standard tests of cardiorespiratory fitness
and multi-stage fitness assessments. (Department of Health, 2010,
p.29).
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Citation
CALE, L. and HARRIS, J., 2010. Children's fitness testing: feasibility study summary. Physical Education Matters, 5 (2), pp. 30 - 32Publisher
© Association for Physical EducationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2010Notes
This article was published in the journal, Physical Education Matters [© Association for Physical Education].ISSN
1751-0988Publisher version
Language
- en