Only 16 Percent Of A Million Georgia Schoolchildren Pass Five Physical Fitness Tests

Georgia's Children Are Out Of Shape by Bo Emerson.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  March 22, 2013.  

20 percent were unable to pass any of the five tests.  Key quote from the Associate Dean of the University of Georgia School of Public Health:  “What we’re seeing from a disease perspective [among children] are diseases normally seen in adults, including hypertension, high cholesterol levels and type 2 diabetes.”