What two events in the 1950s raised the attention for improving the fitness levels of U.S.
children?
a. Cold War competition and poor showings at elite track and field meets
b.angry parents and determined physical education teachers
c. President Eisenhower's heart attack and the publication of a study reporting that American
children were less fit than European children
d. Korean War and advances in physiology testing - Answer c. President Eisenhower's heart
attack and the publication of a study reporting that American children were less fit than
European children
Which of the following best defines exercise?
a. physical activity performed to improve the performance, health, or appearance of your body
b. any form of physical activity
c. physical activity that makes you sweat
d. physical activity performed to prepare you for an athletic event - Answer a. physical activity
performed to improve the performance, health, or appearance of your body
A government publication that established physical activity objectives for all Americans was
titled
a. Leisure and Health in America
b. Healthy People 2020
c. U.S. Almanac
d. U.S. Kinesiology Guidebook - Answer b. Healthy People 2020
Even forces whose magnitudes are within the limits that the tissues of the body can tolerate can
cause injuries if they are applied repeatedly over a long period of time.