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Improving Physical Fitness and Creating a Fitness Plan
Category: Health
Tags: Physical fitness, health, exercise programs, wellness, disease, body weight
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Author: jpeterman
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Course Description
This course is a reproduction of several U.S. government agency publications.  The content was developed by these agencies and not the course author and is in the public domain.

The originals can be found at the following addresses: 

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.  Heredity and Health-Related Fitness:  www.fitness.gov/Heredity.pdf

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.  Fitness Fundamentals: Guidelines for Personal Exercise Programs:  www.fitness.gov/fitness.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans:  http://www.health.gov/PAguidelines/guidelines/default.aspx

This course reviews the following topics:

1. Benefits of Physical Activity
2. Heredity and Health-related Fitness
3. Creating a Fitness Plan
4. Active Children and Adolescents
5. Active Adults
6. Active Older Adults
7. Safe and Active
8. Controlling Your Weight
9. When to Exercise
10. Glossary
11. Resources

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