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Selected Milestones
in Physical Activity Research, Promotion and Surveillance
| 1956 | U.S. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports was established (1) |
| 1957 | Tecumseh Community Health Study began (2, 3) |
| 1965 | Health and Ways of Living Study - Baseline data collection. Alameda County, California (4) |
| 1966 | International Symposium on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (5) |
| 1975 | National Health Interview Survey first included questions on physical activity and sports |
| 1978 | Minnesota Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire developed (6) |
| 1979 | Healthy People. Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (7, 8) |
| 1980 | Promoting Health, Preventing Disease. Objectives for the Nation (Target: 1990) (9) |
| 1984 | Workshop on Epidemiologic and Public Health Aspects of Physical Activity and Exercise, Atlanta, Georgia (10) |
| 1988 | International Conference on Exercise, Fitness and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (11) |
| 1990 | Healthy People 2000 Health Objectives for the Nation (Target: 2000) (12) |
| 1995 | NIH Consensus Conference: Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health, Bethesda, Maryland (13) |
| 1996 | U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health (14) |
| 1998 | International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) developed and tested (15) |
| 2000 | Healthy People 2010 Health Objectives for the Nation (Target: 2010) (16) |
| 2000 | IPAQ Evaluation Study (17) |
| 2002 | World Health Day - 2002. Move for Health (18) |
| 2002 | WHO/CDC Consultation on Physical Activity Policy Development (19) |
| 2004 | WHO Global Strategy for Diet, Physical Activity, and Health and development of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) (20) |
| 2005 | Dietary Guidelines for Americans first included physical activity (21) |
| 2006 | International Congress on Physical Activity and Health, Atlanta, Georgia (22) |
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