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Tools for Promoting Physical Activity
The following section provides resources and tools for professionals to use
as they promote physical activity among various audiences. It includes links
to brochures that CDC has developed for the general public and links to
other organizations that provide resources for physical activity promotion.
Physical Activity for Everyone
CDC’s Web site highlighting the importance of living a physically active
lifestyle, including sections on measuring physical activity intensity,
making physical activity a part of your life, and how to get started.
CDC's Brochure, Trails for Health: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles &
Environments
Trails for Health is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
initiative to help Americans of all ages achieve the health benefits of
physical activity by increasing opportunities for physical activity and
helping to make it an integral part of community life.
- English version
for a general audience
(PDF-1.2Mb) - Spanish version for a general audience
(PDF-508K)
- Version for
policymakers
(PDF-98K), also available in a
text-only version
(PDF-83K)
Promoting Physical Activity: Guide for Community Action
A
step-by-step guide to communitywide behavior change.
Physical Activity Brochures for Parents, Teachers, and Principals
These colorful brochures are designed to help parents, teachers, and
principals increase physical activity among elementary and middle
school-aged youth.
Related Resources
 
2008 Physical
Activity Guidelines Toolkit for Organizations and Communities |
American Council on Exercise Fit Facts*
The American Council on Exercise provides “Fit Facts”, one-page information
sheets each covering a different health or fitness topic.
American Diabetes Association Resources for Health Professionals*
The American Diabetes Association provides resources for all health care
professionals who work with patients with diabetes. Educational tools for
providers and patients alike, and links to diabetes education resources can
be found here.
American Society on
Aging: Physical Activity for Older Adults*
The American Society on Aging has created strategies and materials to
enhance the capacity of national, state and local organizations in serving
the health promotion and disease prevention needs of older adults. Funded
through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these
strategies and materials are designed to increase understanding of the
changing health and social service needs of an aging and more diverse
population. The strategies provide tools for professionals in stand-alone
modules available for free on the Internet.
National Coalition for
Promoting Physical Activity Tools to Promote Physical Activity
NCPPA has created and collected a number of different tools to promote
physical activity.
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute provides numerous
materials on nutrition and physical activity for both the general public
and health professionals.
Your Heart
Your Life
Your Heart, Your Life is a Web-based training course for health educators
that will help them to acquire the knowledge, skills, and motivating
factors to help take action against heart disease. One session of the
course, Be More Physically Active, is currently available. The materials
are also available in Spanish.
University of
South Carolina Directory of Reviewed Physical Activity Promotion Materials*
Materials that have been developed as a resource for practitioners,
researchers, and community volunteers who are promoting health through
physical activity.
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: October 7, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
