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Educating the Student Body
CSPAP 
Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program
DDR 
Dance Dance Revolution
DOE 
U.S. Department of Education
DOH 
Department of Health
DOT 
U.S. Department of Transportation
ELA 
English language arts
ERP 
event-related brain potential
FFMI 
fat-free mass index
FMI 
fat mass index
fMRI 
functional magnetic resonance imaging
GAO 
U.S. Government Accountability Office 
GPA 
grade point average
HDL 
high-density lipoprotein
HHS 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
IL interleukin
IOM 
Institute of Medicine
IPA 
International Play Association
JROTC 
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
LDL 
low-density lipoprotein
L.E.A.D. 
Locate Evidence, Evaluate Evidence, Assemble Evidence, 
Inform Decisions (framework)
MET 
metabolic equivalent of task
MRI 
magnetic resonance imaging
MVPA 
moderate and vigorous physical activity
NASBE 
National Association of State Boards of Education
NASPE 
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
NCATE 
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCEP 
National Cholesterol Education Program
NCLB 
No Child Left Behind
NFL 
National Football League
NFSHSA 
National Federation of State High School Associations
NHANES 
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NIH 
National Institutes of Health

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NRC 
National Research Council
PA 
physical activity
PAAC 
physical activity across the curriculum
PAGAC 
Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee
PE 
physical education
PHYSICAL Promoting Health for Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life
PTA 
Parent Teacher Association
RCT 
randomized control trial
RWJF 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SES 
socioeconomic status
SHPPS 
School Health Policies and Practices Study
SOCARP 
System for Observing Children’s Activity and Relationships 
during Play
SOFIT 
System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time
SOPARC 
System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities
SOPLAY 
System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth
SPARK 
Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids
SPED 
special education and disabilities
TVB 
TV Basics
UN 
United Nations
WHO 
World Health Organization
YRBS 
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YRBSS 
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

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