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Physical Fitness

2020
Physical fitness (PF) is an important factor in child development as it is regarded as a predictor of central health outcomes and positively associated with cognition and brain health. Central PF components in children include cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, muscular fitness, speed/agility, and body composition.
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PHYSICAL FITNESS

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1944
It has taken the impetus of war to bring home to us the great importance of physical fitness and to give that subject the attention it deserves: no one can be complacent when one realizes that 1 out of 4 of our 18-19 year old registrants fails to pass his Selective Service examination.
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Physical fitness and adolescence

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2005
Children, adolescents and adults all benefit from physical exercise and physical fitness can also bring well-being to the person. Tracking physical fitness and activity over time from childhood, adolescence into adulthood will provide information on the benefits and also increase over knowledge on intervention and intervention programs.
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Physically Fit for Nursing

The American Journal of Nursing, 1970
When the nurse has a backache, many people suffer. The nurse herself who has to put up with the pain. The patient who needs physical help from the nurse. The institution, probably already shorthanded, whose services will be further crippled by the absence of the nurse with the backache.
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Physical Fitness for Retirees

American Journal of Health Promotion, 1989
Demographic projections predict a substantial growth in adults age 65 or older relative to the rest of the population. Currently, the cost to employers to provide health benefits for retirees has skyrocketed. To address this issue, a change in the concept of health promotion is advocated to include the maintenance and rehabilitation of functional ...
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Physical fitness and resuscitation

Emergency Nurse, 2011
Would a muscle-strength exercise programme for ED staff improve patient survival rates after cardiac arrest? Ock and colleagues from the Catholic University of Korea think that it could. They studied the physical fitness of 47 medical students, 25 men and 22 women with a mean age of 22 years, by assessing their ability to perform uninterrupted chest ...
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Physical fitness for sports

The American Journal of Surgery, 1959
P HYSICAL fitness is vita1 to the heaIth and happiness of our nation. Our President and other nationa leaders, shocked by the findings of draft examinations, have invited consultations to improve the physical condition of our youth through athletics.
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Physical activity and fitness

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1992
There is unanimous agreement that regular exercise is essential for optimal function of the human body. It is evident that extrinsic factors, such as diet and exercise habits, are reflected in the morbidity and mortality statistics, especially in aging. Aging is obligatorily associated with reduced maximal aerobic power and reduced muscle strength, ie,
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PHYSICAL FITNESS

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1958
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