ADOLESCENCE
Physical
Activity Supervision
An
adolescent's level of physical activity should be assessed
as part of health supervision visits. (For more information
on health supervision, see Bright
Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children,
and Adolescents, listed under Suggested
Reading in this chapter.)
Health
professionals can begin by gathering information about the
adolescent's level of physical activity. This can be accomplished
by selectively asking
key interview questions listed in this
chapter, which provide a useful starting point for identifying
physical activity issues and concerns.
Health
professionals can then use this chapter's screening
and assessment guidelines, and counseling guidelines,
to provide families with anticipatory guidance. Interview
questions, screening and assessment, and counseling should
be used as appropriate and will vary from visit to visit,
adolescent to adolescent, and family to family.
Desired
outcomes for the adolescent, and the role of the family,
are identified to assist health professionals in promoting
physical activity.
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