Status: Baseline only
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Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity
Baseline: 25.4 percent of adults aged 18 years and over engaged in no leisure-time physical activity in 2018 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target: 21.2 percent
Target Setting Method
Percentage point improvement
Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS
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.
Topic: Physical Activity
Workgroup: Physical Activity Workgroup