Making Playgrounds Fit For Children and Children Fit For Playgrounds.
MAKING PLAYGROUNDS FIT FOR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN FIT FOR
PLAYGROUNDS. John A. Sutterby & Joe L. Frost. Young Children, Vol.
57, No. 3 (May 2002): 3641. This article warns of a potential epidemic epidemic, outbreak of disease that affects a much greater number of people than is usual for the locality or that spreads to regions where it is ordinarily not present. of obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. among children in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and urges practitioners
to provide outdoor play that increases children's physical
activity. Teachers' and parents' active involvement is needed
to help children become physically fit.
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