Listen "Episode 34: The Fitness Gram: Students with Eating Disorders"
Episode Synopsis
Join Dr. Ed and Liz as they discuss the potential harms of Physical Fitness Tests in American schools. Learn the history of the fitness test, as well as a harm/benefit analysis of weighing children in school as part of the ‘body composition’ portion of the test. All that and more on this episode of Ed on Ed.RESOURCES:The Texas Education Agency’s Info about Fitnessgramhttps://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/physical-fitness-assessment-initiativeHistory about the PFT (Vox): https://www.vox.com/2015/4/24/8489501/presidential-fitness-testFurther info: https://www.wellandgood.com/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-presidents-physical-fitness-challenge/How the test is entered online:chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/pfai-quick-start-guide.pdfThe Cooper Institute’s Info about the body composition info:chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://fitnessgram.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SABBodyCompStatement.pdf
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