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Promoting integrative youth physical development in the United States

01/10/2012

By David Stodden, Rick Howard, Avery Faigenbaum, Cheryl Richardson, Larry Meadors, Whitney Moore, Joseph Molony, Patrick McHenry, Jessica Graziano and Pat Cullen-Carroll

To combat the paradox of increased sports participation, decreased levels of physical activity, and increased rates of obesity, we propose an integrated youth physical development model.

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