Reduce the proportion of adults who do no physical activity in their free time — PA‑01

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
26.3 percent (2022) *

Target:
21.8 percent 1  *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
26.1 percent of adults aged 18 years and over engaged in no leisure-time physical activity in 2020 2 *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

Doing regular physical activity is one of the most important ways that people of all ages can improve their health. Physical activity can help delay, prevent, or manage many chronic diseases. Strategies to promote physical activity include informational, behavioral, social, environmental, and policy approaches.



1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.