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An Analysis of Development Trends in Physical Fitness for Taiwan’s Children and Adolescents 249<br />

An Analysis of Development Trends in Physical Fitness for<br />

Taiwan’s Children and Adolescents<br />

CHAO, Li-yun, TSENG, Hui-chin<br />

Abstract<br />

Physical fitness has been recognized as an important health indicator. Childhood and<br />

adolescence are the two crucial phases where health behavior and attitude are finalized into<br />

a pattern. Phenomena found in the two stages can be analyzed for the introduction of policies<br />

and measures to improve public health.<br />

In accordance with the results obtained from tests on physical fitness for children and<br />

adolescents in Taiwan, Japan, China, and Hong Kong over the past 10 years, authors of this<br />

article discover: Children and adolescents in Taiwan, both male and female, are not doing<br />

so well in their physical fitness performance, as they used to; and compared with their<br />

counterparts in the neighboring countries, they are behind in body mass index (BMI), muscle<br />

strength, and cardiovascular endurance, except in flexibility which is slightly better than<br />

that in Hong Kong. Reasons behind this trend are failure to properly enforce physical education<br />

and imbalance in nourishment for students.

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