Georgina M Prosser, David R Radford, Chris Louca
Teaching of gerodontology to dental and dental hygiene therapy students in the UK
British dental journal
past decades studies emphasized improving childrens health increasing healthrelated fitness levels despite known benefits healthrelated fitness youth studies also highlighted lack physical activity opportunities children living lowincome households purpose study investigate healthrelated fitness levels students attending title lowincome elementary schools total 77 elementary students 506 female mage 100 sd 0827 two title elementary schools western united states completed fitnessgram assessments aerobic capacity muscular strength endurance flexibility descriptive statistics used identify number students healthy fitness zone hfz based upon fitnessgram hfz performance standards less 17 students achieved hfz aerobic capacity 312 achieved hfz upper body strength endurance students performed better abdominal strength endurance flexibility 558 688 achieving hfz respectively results study offer insights healthrelated fitness levels unique population students attending title schools school health professionals including physical education teachers need aware existing disparities make efforts systematically intervene