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A publication from Sports medicine New ZEaland and The Hillary Commission for Sport Fitness and Leisure to promote participation in sport and physical activity by children in the hope that lifelong habits will be established through safe and enjoyable, active leisure. Looks at Growth and Development including nutrition, fitness and exercise, bones, muscles, heart and lungs, and Psychological and Social Development; Medical Conditions including injury, treatment, activities for children with disabilities, heat and cold stress, and drugs, society and sport; Physical Training including coaching principles, modified weight training and weight training; Position Statements including resistance training for children and adolescents, excessive physical activity, and children and sport.