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Sports injuries to youth 0-14 for 29 sports in 1997 cost the US public $49,192,781,832. Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
There is yet no long-term data on the safety of creatine ingested in the high doses many athletes use--10 to 30 times recommended levels. Source: Sports Medicine Digest, August 1998, Volume 20 No. 8.
It has been recommended that sports specialization should be avoided before the age of ten years. Source: FIMS/WHO Consensus Statement, "Organized Sports for Children"
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has launched a campaign for mandatory protective eyewear for children participating in school-related or community-sponsored athletic events. Eye injuries are the leading cause of blindness in children, and sports are the major cause of eye injuries in school-age children.
The American College of Sports Medicine has issued an official statement on creatine supplementation which was released June, 1988. It calls for more research.
There is no such thing as a "healthy tan" Tanning is the skin's response to injury caused by overexposure to ultraviolet light from the sun or artificial light source.
Athletes in all sports are susceptible to eating disorders, and as many as one-third of all female athletes suffer from them.
As many as one-third of in-line skating emergency-room treated injuries could be prevented or lessened in severity by the use of protective equipment.
Less than 10% of the two and a half million volunteer coaches, and less than one-third of the interscholastic coaches in the United States have had any type of coaching education.
The American Medical Association recently passed a resolution regarding youth baseball and softball safety which urges youth baseball and softball organizations to adopt policies for the use of protective equipment and encourages sponsors of organized youth sports activities to adopt written emergency and first responder plans. H-470.967 (Amended Res. 408,I-95) For more information contact the AMA, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610, 312-464-5000.
Forty thousand knees are injured due to sports participation each year in the United States. In addition, 50% of these injuries have some lasting residual effect which impacts the quality of life.
Most sports injuries are preventable.

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