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To see news released by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, click on items below:

05/03/07 - President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Announces Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

02/01/06 - PCPFS Vice Chair, Dot Richardson, Testifies on Women in Sports: PDF or HTML

01/07/06 - President's Council Holds Clinic at Liberty Mountain Winter Trails Day

12/05 - 2005 White House Conference on Aging and the President’s Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program

10/05 - President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Invites Partners to Get America Moving During our 50-Year Anniversary

10/05 - President's Council and the General Mills Foundation Announce "The General Mills' Challenge Schools"

10/05 - We Move Kids! - Sponsorship to attend Walking for Health conference at UIUC, October 13-15, 2005

09/05 - President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Science Board - Honor Award Nominations

08/15/05 to 09/15/05 - From August 15, 2005, through September 15, 2005, you can make comments on the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review Chapters.  Physical activity is Focus Area 22.

08/05 - Melissa Johnson, PCPFS Executive Director, will speak at the upcoming National Conference on Volunteering and Service

07/05 - Chairman Lynn Swann Retires

07/05 - Surgeon General Issues Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities

07/05 - NIH Releases Study: Decline in Physical Activity Plays Key Role in Weight Gain Among Adolescent Girls

06/05 - ACSM Announces Partnership with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

05/05 - May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Click here for further information and resources.

05/05 - PCPFS holds 2005 HealthierUS Fitness Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

05/05 - 2005 List of Presidential Partners in May

02/05 - President Thanks HHS Secretary Leavitt at Swearing-In Ceremony.

01/05 - HHS and USDA Announce the Release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, Which Places Stronger Emphasis on Increasing Physical Activity

10/03 - Melissa Johnson Named Executive Director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

07/03 - President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Launches New Interactive Web Site

Secretary Thompson Calls on Health Leaders to Combat Obesity

07/03 - Reducing Nationwide Obesity Starts in Neighborhoods

05/03 - Celebrate National Physical Fitness and Sports Month This May With The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Council Announces New Fitness Award to Encourage Physical Activity

Council Members Share Fitness Tips

03/03 - PCPFS Mourns Longtime Physical Activity Advocate

08/02 - HHS's Office on Women's Health launches www.4girls.gov to encourage adolescent girls to choose healthy behaviors.

04/02 - HHS Secretary Calls on the World to "Move for Health"

02/02 - Partnership Forged to Get Americans Moving for Health

12/01 - Overweight and Obesity Threaten U.S. Health Gains; Physical Activity is Critical

Lisa Oliphant to lead President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

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