137 college students who had earned a high school athletic letter possessed better physical fitness and had more favorable attitudes toward physical activity than 62 who had not earned an athletic letter in high school. Mothers and fathers of high school athletes, however, did not possess more favorable attitudes regarding physical activity than did mothers and fathers of high school non-athletes.
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