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compared with overweight youth but were no different across racial or ethnic groups. Older males were more physically fit than younger males, while the opposite was true for females. Participants who reported more sedentary behavior, such as watching television or playing video games, and those who spent less time being physically active were more likely not to be physically fit.

Based on standards developed by experts and used by schools and school districts nationally, about 65 percent of youth met criteria for being physically fit. "This represents a significant public health problem because low physical fitness during adolescence tends to track into adulthood, and low-fit adults are at substantially increased risk for chronic disease morbidity [illness] and mortality [death]," the authors write. Because active youth tend to be more physically fit, experts recommend that physicians counsel children and parents about guidelines for physical activity, they conclude.

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JAMA and Archives Journals
2-Oct-2006


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