Join Dr. Ed and Liz as they discuss the potential harms of Physical Fitness Tests in American schools. Learn the history of the fitness test, as well as a harm/benefit analysis of weighing children in school as part of the ‘body composition’ portion of the test. All that and more on this episode of Ed on Ed.

RESOURCES:

The Texas Education Agency’s Info about Fitnessgram

https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/physical-fitness-assessment-initiative

History about the PFT (Vox): https://www.vox.com/2015/4/24/8489501/presidential-fitness-test

Further info: https://www.wellandgood.com/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-presidents-physical-fitness-challenge/

How the test is entered online:

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The Cooper Institute’s Info about the body composition info:

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