Body-Mind Connection: Ken Cooper, M.D. excerpt

Ken Cooper, M.D., is the Founder of The Cooper Institute and renowned leader of FITNESSGRAM, the physical fitness and activity assessment designated for use in Georgia schools. NFL PLAY 60 is the sole national partner of FITNESSGRAM, which serves as the physical assessment tool for NFL programs.

Georgia leaders are pulling together to reverse the state's childhood obesity crisis, with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Georgia Children's Health Alliance, the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation, the Georgia Department of Education and Governor Sonny Perdue coordinating efforts to improve children's health. Now new research shows increasing physical fitness levels can deliver even greater returns, such as better student outcomes and even changes that create new and stronger brain cells.

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