Written by NCHPAD
January is traditionally a month of change led by a jump start on New Year’s resolutions. Ironically, in recent years, January has also been a month of change associated with inclusion in athletics and physical activity. On January 24, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Dear Colleague Letter clarifying schools’ obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide extracurricular athletic opportunities for students with disabilities.…
Written by Alexandra Black MPH, RD, LDN, Health Promotion Manager, IHRSA
Last week, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that twice as many early deaths may be caused by physical inactivity rather than from obesity. There is some bad news in terms of our physical activity habits as a nation, with just 5% of US adults and a third of US kids active on a daily basis according to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.…
Written by Colin Milner, Chief Executive Officer of the International Council on Active Aging® (ICAA)
When was the last time that an advertisement so compelled you that you stopped flipping pages or channels? That it engaged your full attention and “totally rocked your world”? That you read or watched it to the very end, then picked up your phone or went online to learn more?…
Around this time of year, you probably plan to – or know someone who plans to – make a healthy resolution for the New Year. For clients, colleagues, friends, or family looking to get more physically active, here are some shareable tips from healthfinder.gov.
5 easy ways to move more during the day:
Make TV time active.…