By IHRSA
The National Physical Activity Plan is a multi-sectoral blueprint for creating a more robust culture of physical activity. It’s appropriately aspirational, but grounded in practical objectives. Much like Healthy People 2020, it’s great strength is its ability to unite powerful forces of change around common goals.
But the magnitude of the project – creating a cultural shift of national proportions – can feel overwhelming.…
By ACSM
We who teach know that real education involves putting ideas into action. A science lesson hits home when textbook reactions are tested in the lab. Rote rules of grammar become the sinews of real writing. Similarly, we who advocate physical activity for health can do real and lasting good when we go beyond preaching healthy lifestyles to helping them become reality.…
As our traditional election month begins, we want to focus on government policies that promote physical activity. This month, our bloggers will start a conversation on Policy in Action. We are excited to hear what you have to say about policies promoting physical activity in your communities. As always, thanks for reading the PAG blog and joining the conversation.…
By NPAP
How do you measure something as far reaching as a national plan to get an entire population to be more physically active? Is the answer as simple as measuring physical activity across representative samples of the population to document how many Americans are or are not meeting federal Physical Activity Guidelines?…