Committee on Fitness Measures and Health Outcomes in Youth
November 15-16, 2011
The Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Meeting Goals
• To gather information about the relationship between fitness measures and health outcomes
• To learn lessons from implementation of fitness batteries in the field in the United States and other countries
Tuesday, November 15, 2011: Day 1
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and Introductions Russell Pate, Committee Chair |
SESSION 1: ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURING FITNESS IN YOUTH
Objective: To develop a shared understanding of specific issues and considerations related to fitness components and the interpretation of test performance results.
| Moderator: Russell Pate | |
| 1:10 | Associations Between Strength and Flexibility and Health Sharon Plowman, Northern Illinois University |
| 1:40 | Fitness Measures and Metabolic Health Lars Anderson, University of Southern Denmark (by phone) |
| 2:10 | Body Composition: Methods and Its Use in a Fitness Test Tim Lohman, University of Arizona |
| 2:40 | Setting Cut-Points: Approaches and Issues Greg Welk, Iowa State University |
| 3:10 | Discussion |
| 3:40 | Break |
SESSION 2: CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FIELD-BASED APPLICATION OF FITNESS MEASURES
Objective: To achieve greater awareness of the issues and considerations associated with developing, implementing, and evaluating a fitness test battery based on the experiences of those working with test batteries that are currently being used around the world.
| Moderator: Russell Pate | |
| 3:50 | Implementation of Fitness Batteries in Various Countries U.S. Fitnessgram Greg Welk, Iowa State University |
| EUROFIT Colin Boreham, University College Dublin Mark Tremblay, University of Ottawa, Canada |
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| 4:35 | Panel Discussion |
| 5:30 | Experiences in Implementing Fitness Testing in Urban School Settings Lori Benson, YMCA of Greater New York |
| 6:00 | Adjourn |
Wednesda November 16 2011: Da 2
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and Introductions Russell Pate, Committee Chair |
SESSION 3: FITNESS, BRAIN FUNCTION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
| 1:10 | Fitness and Brain Function Charles H. Hillman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1:30 | Fitness and Academic Achievement Joseph Donnelly, University of Kansas |
| 1:50 | Questions and Answers |
| 2:00 | Adjourn |
