Increase the proportion of adolescents who do enough muscle-strengthening activity — PA‑07

Status: Getting worse

  
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Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
44.9 percent (2021)

Target:
56.1 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
51.1 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in muscle-strengthening activity on 3 or more days of the past week in 2017

Increase the proportion of adolescents who meet the current muscle-strengthening activity guideline

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

Adolescents need at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, including muscle-strengthening activities at least 3 days a week. Physical activity improves heart, muscle, bone, and mental health in adolescents. Strategies at the community and family level — and in schools and child care centers — can promote physical activity in adolescents.