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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A majority of students in California are not physically fit, according to results from the 2010 School Physical Fitness Test.
About 1.32 million students were evaluated in the third, fifth, seventh and ninth grades.
The results show that only about one in three of those students can pass a fitness test.
Just 28.7% of the students in grade five, 34.6% in grade seven, and 38.5% in grade nine were found to be "fit" in all six areas of the test.
The test measures aerobic capacity, body composition, abdominal strength, trunk extensor strength, upper body strength, and flexibility.
Some of the younger students performed the worst. A staggering 71 percent of California's fifth-graders were unable to perform in the "Healthy Fitness Zone" level.
The numbers for Los Angeles County are similar to the findings for the state overall.
One-third of high school freshmen, and less than 1/4 of elementary and middle school students in the L.A. Unified School District, met the test requirements.
The data show little change from previous years.
There was about a half-percentage-point decrease among fifth graders, and a half-percentage-point increase for grades seven and nine.
State Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced a new public-awareness campaign for physical fitness on Thursday.
About 1.32 million students were evaluated in the third, fifth, seventh and ninth grades.
The results show that only about one in three of those students can pass a fitness test.
Just 28.7% of the students in grade five, 34.6% in grade seven, and 38.5% in grade nine were found to be "fit" in all six areas of the test.
The test measures aerobic capacity, body composition, abdominal strength, trunk extensor strength, upper body strength, and flexibility.
Some of the younger students performed the worst. A staggering 71 percent of California's fifth-graders were unable to perform in the "Healthy Fitness Zone" level.
The numbers for Los Angeles County are similar to the findings for the state overall.
One-third of high school freshmen, and less than 1/4 of elementary and middle school students in the L.A. Unified School District, met the test requirements.
The data show little change from previous years.
There was about a half-percentage-point decrease among fifth graders, and a half-percentage-point increase for grades seven and nine.
State Supt. of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced a new public-awareness campaign for physical fitness on Thursday.
