This innovative site sponsored by Runner's World includes ideas about recreational and competitive running activities for children, including news events, advice on setting up programs, and school curricular suggestions. (
http://www.kidsrunning.com/
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This site for Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise provides abstracts of articles and full-text position stands of the American College of Sports Medicine such as "Nutrition and Athletic Performance," "The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Healthy Adults," and "The Female Athlete Triad." (
http://www.acsm-msse.org/
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At this site, the National Institute on Aging provides on-line information about health and fitness issues for individuals as they age as well as helpful links to other sites (
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/
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The combined Health Information Database available on this site provides a comprehensive bibliography of the health-related agencies of the federal government with links to titles, abstracts, and other health information and resources. (
http://chid.nih.gov/
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This site of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education describes the performance-based standards for teacher education programs as well as provides links to the content standards in all fields. (
http://www.ncate.org/
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Check out this PubMed site of the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health to gain access to over 16 million citations in MEDLINE and other related databases, with links to participating online journals. (
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
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