Selected health-fitness rankings of low-income youth.
Two parameters, tricep skinfold and one-mile walk/run, from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance health-related fitness test were assessed in 226 low-income children, ages 10 through 14 years. Group means by age and sex were compared with state and national norms. As a whole, on both fitness parameters, this low-income sample fell in the bottom quartile for the state of Maine. The group's national ranking was even lower. Not only are low-income families burdened financially, it appears from this study that the children are also at health risk.
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Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Maine, Orono 04469-5740, USA.
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Butterfield
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Parker
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008281:Maine; D008297:Male; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States