Physical Activity Guidelines
An essential resource for health professionals and policymakers as they design and implement physical activity programs, policies, and promotion initiatives.
What is the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Movement of the body caused by skeletal muscle contractions.
What is physical activity.
An activity performed less than 3.0 METs.
What is light-intensity
Describes informational approaches as interventions that focus on increasing physical activity by providing information to motivate and enable people to change behavior and to maintain that change over time.
What is the community guide.
The foundation of a school's physical activty programming, which also includes recess, intramural sports, interscholastic sports, active transport to school initiatives, and recreation opportunities for all students.
What is school-based physical education.
Additional health benefits for adults are gained by engaging in _______ beyond the equivalent of 300 minutes (5 hours) of moderate-intensity physical activity a week.
What is physical activity.
Regular physical activity can decrease this group of heart and blood vessels diseases.
What is cardiovascular disease.
An activity performed 6.0 METs and above
What is vigorous-intensity activity.
Created by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to be used by communities, health professionals, educators, and others to communicate to consumers in plain language about the recommendations from the Guidelines, promote the health benefits of meeting the recommendations, and provide tips for how consumers can meet the recommendations.
What is the Move Your Way campaign.
Includes classes that are offered daily and keep students active throughout almost the entire session.
What is a strong physical education curriculum.
Children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years should do ______ or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily.
What is 60 minutes or 1 hour.
This condition characterized by reduced bone mass and bone strength can be avoided by staying active.
Participating in whitewater rafting.
What is a vigorous-intensity activity.
Promoting physical activity in community settings can increase access to programs, create or improve built environment supports for physical activity, and create incentives to be active.
What is environmental and policy approaches.
Policy changes and ______ to the written curriculum can increase the amount of physically active time during existing physical education class.
What is modifications.
As part of their 60 minutes or more of daily physical activity, they should include muscle-strengthening, aerobic, and bone-strengthening physical activity on at least 3 days a week.
What is children and adolescents.
Regular physical activity can reduce the risk of a condition characterized by the unregulated growth of cells.
What is cancer.
Walking a golf course.
What is a moderate-intensity activity.
A concentrated effort to promote physical activity using a variety of methods delivered in multiple settings.
What is a community-wide campaign.
Includes physical activity and healthy eating messages as part of school communications and providing safe indoor and outdoor facilities and equipment for physical education classes.
What is healthy school environment.
For substantial health benefts, adults should do at least __________ a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes (1 hour and 15 minutes) to 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity.
What is 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) to 300 minutes (5 hours).
Defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or greater and can be avoided by regular physical activity.
What is obesity.
An activity that increases the body's ability to use oxygen as a source of fuel for sustained work.
What is aerobic or cardiovascular exercise.
One of two informational approaches found to be effective by the Community Guide in increasing physical activity.
What is point-of-decision prompt interventions.
Hosting parent or family physical activty nights and engaging parents in their child physical education programmay increase their ability to instill healthy habits at home. Partnering with local or community-based organizations.
What is parent, family, and community involvement.