Posts Tagged ‘health’

New Web-Site for California Physical Education & Health Subject Matter Project

Friday, September 4th, 2009

By John Kruse

I just discovered that there is a new Web-site for the California Physical Education and Health Subject Matter Project. I have been involved with this project for the past four years and have found that it is likely to be the most rigorous professional development one can find. In fact, the other two contributors for FitMet are also active participants. If you are are physical education or health teacher in California, I would encourage you to explore this new Web-site and consider attending one of their summer institutes.

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FitMet Body Mass Index Calculator

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

By John Kruse

FitMet has created a free Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator as a Google Gadget.  This simple calculator can be embedded into your own web-page.

The motivation behind this calculator came from the need for a BMI calculator that is specific to children.  Most BMI calculators on the Internet use adult cut-off points.  The FitMet BMI calculator uses Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Growth Charts.  This is important due to the growth rates of children and is reflected in these charts.

The use of the CDC growth charts has some additional benefits as well.  BMI is being used more as a diagnostic tool these days rather than a body composition measure.  Research indicates that those at the 85th percentile or higher are more at risk for cardiovascular disease.

The FitMet BMI calculator is ideal for physical education and health teachers.  To embed it on you web-page, simply cut and paste the html code from the Google Gadget web-page into you website.

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