The Texas Youth Fitness Study
March 24, 2011 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Cooper Institute in Dallas report there are small but consistently positive associations between fitness and academic achievement.
Physical Activity Policy
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The Association of Health-Related Fitness with Indicators of Academic Performance in Texas Schools
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
School fitness attainment is found to be an indicator of schools performing higher academically.
Statewide Physical Fitness Testing
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Trained observers and physical education teachers provide insight into areas of concern and opportunities to improve fitness testing.
Evaluation of School and Childcare Sector Strategies in Delaware
September 27, 2012 | Evaluation
In 2007, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Nemours Health and Prevention Services a grant to monitor implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in schools and child-care settings.
Special Supplement to Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Presents Findings of Texas-Wide School-Based Fitness Testing
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This September 2010 special supplement analyzes and evaluates the Texas Youth Fitness Study from a number of perspectives.
Reflections on the Texas Youth Evaluation Project and Implications for the Future
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Kenneth Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., founder of the Cooper Institute, creator of the FITNESSGRAM® test battery, calls for quality physical education programs.
Texas Youth Fitness Study
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Large-scale fitness testing allows tracking of youth fitness and provides research data that may lead to improved physical education but it is not without its detractors.
New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study
August 1, 2010 | Chart
These reports share findings from the New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study's analysis of New Brunswick. Information for this study is provided by the household survey, school body mass index (BMI) data, and food and physical activity environment data.
Year One Report
January 1, 2010 | Evaluation
In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a five-year grant to the Center for Mississippi Health Policy to evaluate the impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act and associated regulations on childhood obesity.
Research Finds Lack of Funding and Competing Priorities Affect Schools' Ability to Offer Healthy Food and Fitness to Students
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
Staff at the California School Boards Association and California Project LEAN supported efforts by key stakeholders nationwide to develop, implement and evaluate school wellness policies.