Two in three California students deemed out of shape

Bruce Lieberman:

OK, ready? Start your push-ups. Fifteen-year-old boys, you have to do at least 16. Fifteen-year-old girls, at least seven.

That's one of several physical fitness tests that fifth-, seventh-and ninth-graders in public schools across California take every year – and a lot of the students don't measure up.

The state released its latest round of scores for the California Physical Fitness Test yesterday, and they were barely better than last year's – which were also bad.

Only 27.1 percent of California students in fifth grade, 30.9 percent in seventh grade and 30.1 percent in ninth grade met fitness standards in six areas: cardiovascular endurance, percentage of body fat, abdominal strength and endurance, trunk strength and flexibility, upper body strength and endurance, and overall flexibility.

Looked at another way, more than two in three public school students in the state are out of shape

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 11, 2007 9:55 AM
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