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Get Active: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
People of all ages benefit from exercise. It doesn’t matter how out-of-shape you feel or how long you have been inactive.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Physical Activity For Everyone
This page links to information about the importance of physical activity, recommendations for physical activity, and measuring physical activity intensity.... Details >
President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Award Program 
The President's Challenge is a program designed to help you get fit. No matter what your fitness level, the President's Challenge can help you improve it.... Details >
4 Girls Health
This site, part of HHS' National Women's Health Information Center, provides girls ages 10-16 with information on fitness, nutrition, stress management, disabilities, chronic illness, relationships wi... Details >
Active at Any Size
Very large people face special challenges in trying to be active. If you are a very large person, you can still be physically active. This booklet provides information to help you start being more act... Details >
Weight-Control Information Network, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Active Children, Active Families. A Helpful Guide for Asian American Parents and Caregivers
Also available in: Vietnamese
This multilingual brochure provides tips for parents to encourage children to be physically active. They include ideas to make activity part of a daily routine, use television time wisely, and advocat... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Active Children, Active Families. A Helpful Guide for Native American and Alaskan Native Parents and Caregivers
This brochure, specifically written for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, provides tips for parents to encourage children to be physically active. The tips include ideas to make activity part of a... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Activity Tracker
This tool lets you set your physical activity goals, enter and save your physical activity on a calendar, track and view a graph of your progress, and earn a certificate for reaching your goals.... Details >
Aim for A Healthy Weight!: Information for Patients and the Public
These guidelines from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute present a new approach for the assessment of overweight and obesity and establish principles of safe and effective weight loss. Calc... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health