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10 Tips To Healthy Eating and Physical
Activity For You
Get on track now by learning to eat right and building
physical activity into your daily routine. Click to
download: PDF
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Active & Healthy Schools Program
Catch the Ball (Girls and women's
fitness tips)
Get to know the benefits of girls' sports participation.
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Exercise and Weight Control
Put more action into your life! Discover how regular
activity can help control your weight. Learn how
to calculate the calories burned by common activities.
Get tips for starting and keeping up a regular exercise
routine. Click or select to download: PDF
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Exercise: A Guide from the National
Institute on Aging
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Fast Facts About Sports Nutrition
These fast facts will show you the importance of everything
from water to spinach. Click or select to download:
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Fitness Fundamentals: Guidelines
for Personal Exercise Programs
Create a personal exercise program that's right for
you. From endurance to flexibility, learn how to design
a sound routine that includes all the basic components
of physical fitness. Click or select to download: PDF
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Get Fit and Be Active! A Handbook for Youths Ages
6-17
Learn a fun way to get in shape for the President's
Challenge Youth Physical Fitness Awards program. Click
or select to download: PDF
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Get Moving America: May is Fitness
Month
Help spread the word that regular activity can make
you healthier and happier! Learn how you or your organization
can plan, finance, and promote successful fitness events
like an exercise fair, lecture, or road race. Click
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Getting America Moving (PCPFS history)
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Healthy People 2010 -- Focus Area
22: Physical Activity and Fitness
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Healthy
People 2010 Leading Health Indicators (LHI) (This
publication is out of print but may be downloaded.
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Healthy People 2000/2010 — National
Health Promotion Disease Prevention Objectives
Learn about national physical activity and fitness goals
that strive to make all Americans more fit and healthy.
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Introducing the Physician's Rx:
Exercise
Steer your patients toward a more active lifestyle.
Health professionals can use this brochure to prescribe
physical activity as part of their overall treatment
and recommendations for a healthier life. Click or select
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Kids In Action (Fitness for children
birth-5)
Get toddlers moving! Learn fun, adult-directed
fitness activities for children from birth to 5
years old. Click or select to download: PDF
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Life Advice: About...Your Child
and Organized Sports
Attention soccer Moms, and Little League Dads and all
parents ... Learn healthy ways to encourage your child
to participate in organized sports. Get pointers on
dealing with coaches, winning, losing and fair play.
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Nolan Ryan Fitness Guide
Get great advice and inspiration from baseball legend
Nolan Ryan. Design, track and maintain an exercise
regimen, at any age. Discover helpful tips for overcoming
common barriers like boredom or a busy schedule.
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PCPFS
Physical Education Statement
PCPFS
Research Digests
Pep Up Your Life: A Fitness Book
for Mid-Life and Older Persons
Learn more than 35 convenient exercises to increase
flexibility, strength and endurance. It's never too
late to start a regular fitness routine! Click or
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Peter D. Hart Research — American
Attitudes Toward Physical Activity & Fitness, A
National Survey
Find out about American attitudes toward physical activity
and fitness. This national survey was prepared by
the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
in conjunction with the Sporting Goods Manufacturers
Association. Click or select to download: PDF
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Physical Activity and Sport in
the Lives of Girls
Explore the benefits and hazards of girls' participation
in sports, including the physical, psychological, social
and educational effects. Click or select to download:
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Physical
Activity Fact Sheet (Facts to accompany physical education
statement)
President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program Booklet, 2006-2007
The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives. No matter what your activity and fitness level, the President's Challenge can help motivate you to improve. Click or select to download: PDF or HTML
President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program Poster, 2006-2007
Questions Most Frequently Asked
About Sports Nutrition
What diet is best for athletes? Do athletes have special
nutritional needs? These and other questions are answered.
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Rx: Physical Activity
PDF (English)
or PDF
(Spanish) or HTML
Stay Active and Be Fit!
A guide to fitness and activity fundamentals.
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Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
Adolescents and Young Adults
Explore the key facts, figures and benefits of physical
fitness for adolescents and young adults. See how your
community can encourage activity programs for this age
group. Click or select to download: PDF
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Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
Adults
Get the facts and figures on how adults can benefit
from regular physical activity and fitness. Explore
community initiatives that support adult programs. Click
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Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
Older Adults
Discover the health impact of regular physical activity
and fitness on older adults. See what your community
can do to encourage seniors. Click or select to download:
PDF or HTML
Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
Persons with Disabilities
Learn the benefits of regular physical activity and
fitness for physically disabled individuals. Learn how
your community can support programs for people with
special needs. Click or select to download: PDF
or HTML
Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
The Link Between Physical Activity and Morbidity and
Mortality
See how much regular physical activity can improve health
and reduce the risk of developing chronic disease. Click
or select to download: PDF or HTML
Surgeon General's Report Fact Sheet:
Women
See how women are affected by regular physical activity
and fitness. Includes suggestions for communities to
encourage programs for women. Click or select to download:
PDF or HTML
Surgeon General's Report on Physical
Activity and Health - Executive Summary
Are Americans physically fit and active? Review current
research on the role physical activity plays in disease
prevention and health promotion. Learn how efforts to
increase physical activity among Americans are faring.
For full report, see www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/contents.htm.
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Surgeon
General's Report on Physical Activity and Health - Full
Report
Walking Works
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Winning Nutrition for Athletes
Learn what to eat and drink to keep you going on the
court or the field. Click or select to download: PDF
or HTML
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