Session: Overview and Outcomes From the NFL PLAY60 FITNESSGRAMŽ Partnership Project (2014 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition (April 1-5, 2014))

Thursday, April 3, 2014: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM

Convention Center: 127

Research: Physical Activity & Health Promotion

Intended Audience: K-12, Post Secondary Instructor/Faculty

Presider:	Gregory J. Welk, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Panelists:	Norma Candelaria¹; Yang Bai²; Kelly Allums Featherston¹; Pedro F. Saint-Maurice²; and Katelin Anderson¹, (1)The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX, (2)Iowa State University, Ames, IA

The NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM Partnership Project provides training and support to a network of over 1000 schools across the country (approximately 35 in each of the 32 NFL markets). The overall goal of the project is to help schools take full advantage of resources available through Fitnessgram and the NFL PLAY 60 program. The symposium will summarize fitness patterns and trends from the project and highlight the impact of school programming on fitness trajectories.

Overview of the NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM Partnership Project

Norma Candelaria, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX

Evaluation of Age and Gender Patterns in Physical Fitness

Yang Bai, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

School Adoption and Utilization of NFL PLAY 60 Programming

Kelly Allums Featherston, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX

School-Level Analyses of Factors Influencing Physical Fitness and Physical Activity

Gregory J. Welk, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

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