Physical Activity/Fitness

Federal Resources

• General
• Children and Adolescents
• Adults
• Older Adults
• Health Professionals

General

• Physical Activity Guidelines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  http://www.health.gov/paguidelines
• healthfinder^®: A Guide to Reliable Health Information on Physical Activity and Other Topics, HHS
  http://www.healthfinder.gov
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS), HHS
  http://www.fitness.gov
  and The President's Challenge
  http://www.presidentschallenge.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, HHS and USDA
  http://www.health.gov/DietaryGuidelines
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HHS
  http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov
• Office on Women's Health (OWH), HHS
  http://www.womenshealth.gov
• Center for Nutrition, Policy, and Promotion My Pyramid, USDA
  http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/physical_activity.html
• Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns

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Children and Adolescents

• Office of the Surgeon General Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future, HHS
  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/obesityprevention/index.html
• CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/about/index.htm
• CDC DASH Plan to Address Physical Activity, HHS [PDF – 1.79 MB]
  http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/pdf/Addressing_Phys_Activity.pdf
• OWH Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls, HHS^™
  http://www.girlshealth.gov/bones
• SmallStep Kids, HHS
  http://www.smallstep.gov/kids/flash/index.html
• NIH Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition (We Can!), HHS
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, HHS
  http://www.presidentschallenge.org
• Eat Smart. Play Hard^™, USDA
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard

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Adults

• HealthierUS.gov
  http://www.healthierus.gov
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs The Fit for Life Veteran
  http://www.healthierusveterans.va.gov
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Recreational Trails Program
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/index.htm
• Healthier Worksite Initiative, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/index.htm
• The President's Challenge Adult Fitness Test
  http://www.adultfitnesstest.org
• SmallStep, HHS
  http://www.smallstep.gov
• Forest Service, USDA
  http://www.fs.fed.us

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Older Adults

• Administration on Aging, HHS
  http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/eldfam.aspx
• CDC Information About Preventing Falls In Older Adults, HHS
  ttp://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/adultfalls.htm
• NIH Senior Health, HHS
  http://nihseniorhealth.gov
• National Institute on Aging Exercise Guide, HHS
  http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/ExerciseGuide/chapter01.htm

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Health Professionals

• CDC Key Physical Activity Resources, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/health_professionals/index.htm
• HHS CDC Statistics:
  • Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity State Legislative Database
    http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPALeg/index.asp
  • U.S. Physical Activity Statistics
  
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/stats/index.htm
  • State-based Physical Activity Program Directory
    http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPAProg/
• CDC Arthritis Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article on how physical activity can benefit persons with either arthritis or diabetes and those with both conditions, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5718a3.htm?s_cid=mm5718a3_e
• CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/prevention.htm
• CDC Women Who Are Pregnant—The ABCs of Pregnancy Include "P" for Physical Activity!, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/abc.htm
• CDC Persons With Disabilities, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/infocenters.htm
• Office on Disability I Can Do It! You Can Do It!, HHS
  http://www.hhs.gov/od/physicalfitness.html
• CDC Physical Activity and the Built Environment, HHS
  http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/physactivity.htm
• Environmental Protection Agency
  http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/index.htm
• Federal Highway Administration Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/index.htm
• National Park Service
  http://www.nps.gov
• PCPFS Research Digest, HHS
  http://www.fitness.gov/publications/digests/pcpfs_research_digs.html

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