[Download] "Triathlon Events As Possible Activities for Your Physical Education Program" by VAHPERD Journal * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Triathlon Events As Possible Activities for Your Physical Education Program
- Author : VAHPERD Journal
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,Sports & Outdoors,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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One possible way to measure the success of school physical education and sport programs is to look at high school graduates several years later to see if they are staying physically active and keeping fit. Research shows that many Americans do not stay physically active years after graduating from high school and/or college. In a recent report, it was pointed out that, "Approximately 300,000 adult deaths in the United States each year are attributable to unhealthy dietary habits and physical inactivity or sedentary behavior ... Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight" (Overweight Teen, 2007). Potential health problems that are caused from being inactive and overweight include coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, liver disease and diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007). Sedentary lifestyles have become the norm rather than the exception. It appears that America has turned into a nation of spectators rather than participants. Team Sport Orientation