QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity, by Urbanization Level — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020

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In 2020, 25.3% of adults aged ≥18 years met the 2018 federal physical activity guidelines for both muscle-strengthening and aerobic physical activity.
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Authors: Cynthia Reuben, MA; Nazik Elgaddal, MS; and Ellen A. Kramarow, PhD

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The figure is a bar chart showing the age-adjusted percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who met the 2018 federal physical activity guidelines for both muscle-strengthening and aerobic physical activity, by urbanization level, in the United States during 2020, according to the National Health Interview Survey.
Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults 18+ Who Met the 2018 Federal Guidelines for Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity

In 2020, 25.3% of adults aged ≥18 years met the 2018 federal physical activity guidelines for both muscle-strengthening and aerobic physical activity.

The percentage meeting both guidelines was highest in adults living in large central metropolitan (28.0%) and large fringe metropolitan areas (27.6%), followed by those living in medium and small metropolitan areas (23.4%) and lowest in those living in nonmetropolitan areas (18.1%).

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7127a6.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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