Society has systematically removed opportunities for
daily physical activity, also evident in schools.
Inactivity among children is a contributing factor
for the increasing trend of obesity and likelihood
of developing health problems as adults. Promoting
physical activity is vital because a physically
active lifestyle adopted early in life is more
likely to be continued in adulthood. The current
book is focused on the conceptualization,
development, and implementation of a School-Based
Healthy Activity Program for Exercise (SHAPE)
targeting high school students. Schools are
efficient vehicles for providing physical activity
and fitness instruction by reaching most children.
The SHAPE intervention was implemented and embedded
in a school s Physical Education Curriculum aiming
to improve health, self-esteem and confidence of all
students participating in physical education. The
book seeks to address the problem of poor health and
fitness of secondary school students and to test a
youth physical education program that would lead to
adoption and maintenance of a physically active
lifestyle consistent with current health and fitness
guidelines
daily physical activity, also evident in schools.
Inactivity among children is a contributing factor
for the increasing trend of obesity and likelihood
of developing health problems as adults. Promoting
physical activity is vital because a physically
active lifestyle adopted early in life is more
likely to be continued in adulthood. The current
book is focused on the conceptualization,
development, and implementation of a School-Based
Healthy Activity Program for Exercise (SHAPE)
targeting high school students. Schools are
efficient vehicles for providing physical activity
and fitness instruction by reaching most children.
The SHAPE intervention was implemented and embedded
in a school s Physical Education Curriculum aiming
to improve health, self-esteem and confidence of all
students participating in physical education. The
book seeks to address the problem of poor health and
fitness of secondary school students and to test a
youth physical education program that would lead to
adoption and maintenance of a physically active
lifestyle consistent with current health and fitness
guidelines