Reports and Recommendations
This section provides links to key reports and recommendations that serve as the foundation for addressing physical activity.
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Physical
Activity Guidelines
Being physically active is one of the most important steps that you
can take to improve your health. The Physical Activity Guidelines
provides science-based guidance to help you understand how much exercise
you need.
2008 Physical Activity Guidelines Fact Sheets for Professionals
- Physical Activity
Guidelines for Adults
(PDF-821k) - Physical Activity
Guidelines for Older Adults
(PDF-746k)
- Physical Activity
Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
(PDF-672k)
The Community
Guide
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help
you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease
in your community. The Community Guide includes systematic reviews of
interventions in the following areas:
- Campaigns and informational approaches
- Behavioral and social approaches
- Environmental and policy approaches
1999 Physical Activity and
Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The 1999 Surgeon General's report was the first to address physical
activity and health.
Healthy People 2010 Physical Activity Objectives
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Healthy People 2010:
Understanding and Improving Health. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, November 2000.
Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical
Activity Among Young People
This document identifies strategies most likely to be effective in helping
young people adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle.
Promoting Better Health for Young People Through Physical Activity and
Sports
This 2000 report, written by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Secretary of Education and released by the White House, outlines 10
strategies to promote health through lifelong participation in enjoyable
and safe physical activity and sports.
Recent MMWRs, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
For more see MMWR.
Arthritis as a Potential Barrier to Physical Activity Among Adults With Heart Disease ― United States, 2005 and 2007
MMWR February 27, 2009 / 58(07);165-169
Also available in print-friendly format (PDF-1.3Mb)
Prevalence of Self-Reported Physically Active Adults ― United States, 2007
MMWR December 5, 2008 / 57(48);1297–1300
Also available in print-friendly format (PDF-1.1Mb)
Prevalence of Regular Physical Activity Among Adults ― United States, 2001 and 2005
MMWR November 23, 2007 / 56(46);1209–1212
Also available in print-friendly format (PDF-484k)
QuickStats: Estimated Percentage of Patients Aged >45 Years Who Received Exercise Counseling* from Their Primary-Care Physicians,† by Sex and Age Group — National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2003–2005
MMWR November 2, 2007 / 56 (43);1142
Also available in print-friendly format (PDF-350k)
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* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: November 17, 2009
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion