610 Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity In/Out of the Classroom

Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity with age/sex specific recommendations for PE, recess, and after-school programs. Contributions to daily MVPA and the implications to overweight status; Health People 2010 objectives for PE; benefits and accuracy of the MVPA pedometer to assess youth; and how data can provide more accountability in a program. Activity sessions provide hands-on application for using the MVPA pedometer to assess moderate-vigorous physical activity; managing and organizing pedometers, attachment, placement, assessment of, and data acquisition/reporting.