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             the physiological, psychological, and sociological means do influence the growth and
             They discuss barriers that influence participation and non-participation. These are such things as race, economic status, facility availability, and physical ability. Some families are unfortunate and can not afford such things as health club memberships, fees for transportation if they live a far distance specific facilities, and some mothers and fathers depend on their children to take responsibility of younger siblings while they are still at work, etc... Girls are faced with many challenges which will be discussed extensively through the following paper.
             The first major category of discussion in the article is Physiological Dimensions. This began by discussing how important early childhood physical activity is in developing health-related fitness and motor skills. Some early physical activity does sometimes make it difficult to measure the amount of maturation in natural physiological functioning. More specifically, researchers find it very difficult to assess girls because girls grow stronger as they mature; it is not only a result from physical activity. This strength increase usually happens before the age of 14, the age of puberty, and then begins to decrease. This is also common with anaerobic power. Yet as this aerobic and anaerobic power continues to decrease, endurance performance continues to increase. For example, the time to complete a 3-kilometre run improves.
             Weight management is a large topic of discussion in today's society at any age. Bar-Or and Malina stated that, "juvenile obesity is arguably the most prevalent chronic illness among children in North America and represents an immense public health challenge." ( Surgeon General's Report ) Some children cannot help the fact that they are larger than the stereotypical "size" generated by ...