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Texas students are out of shape – and the older they get, the flabbier they get, according to the first statewide physical fitness assessments of public schoolchildren.
Based on evaluations of nearly 2.6 million students in grades three through 12, the testing found that fitness levels drop with each passing grade – Health Topics and elementary-age [...]

If you didn’t get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you’re in shape.
An adult fitness test is being introduced Wednesday by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. It will incorporate several of the exercises that millions of students undertake each year as they [...]