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) |