"Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth" by ed. Russell Pate, Maria Oria, and Laura Pillsbury
Committee on Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth; Food and Nutrition Board; Institute of Medicine
NAS Press | 2012 | ISBN: 0309262844 9780309262842 | 230 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The issue concludes that selected cardiorespiratory endurance, musculoskeletal fitness, and body composition measures should be in fitness surveys and in schools. Collecting fitness data nationally and in schools helps with setting and achieving fitness goals and priorities for public health at an individual and national level.