Guidelines for Americans
The recommended amount of physical activity children and adolescents should perform daily
What is 60 minutes or 1 hour? (Front Planks - 45 seconds!)
These health benefits can occur with a single bout of aerobic activity
What are acute health benefits? (That's 10 Chair Stands!)
The number of days per week of physical activity
What is frequency? (Side Planks - 45 seconds!)
The physiologic capacity of systems of the body
What is physical fitness? (That's 10 Stability Ball Rollouts!)
These include interventions that increase awareness about physical activity
What are informational approaches? (Jog In Place - 30 seconds!)
The recommended amount of moderate-intensity physical activity adults should perform weekly
What is 150 minutes or more? (That's 10 Jumping Jacks!)
The emotional and cognitive health benefits of regular physical activity
What are mental health benefits? (That's 10 Arm Circles both directions!)
Also known as the MET (metabolic equivalent task) value of the activity
What is the intensity? (That's 10 Single-leg squats!)
Described as the movement of the body caused by skeletal muscle contractions
What is physical activity (That's 10 Two-Foot Ankle Hops!)
Take the stairs to improve your health
What is a point-of-decision prompt? (That's 10 sit-ups!)
Children and adolescents should participate in physical activity that is age appropriate, offers variety, and
What is enjoyable or fun? (That's 10 Plank Up-Downs!)
The effects seen when physical activity is recommended as part of treatment for disease and disorders
What are therapeutic effects? (That's 15 Dumbbell Calve Raises!)
This is the minutes of activity per session per day per week
What is the duration? (That's 10 Decline Push-Ups!)
The U.S. initiative uses to develop and track national health objectives
What is the Healthy People initiative? (That's 10 Triceps Box Dips!)
Home, school, work, or healthcare-based interventions
What are behavioral and social approaches to promoting physical activity? (That's 10 Incline Push-Ups!)
Recommended days a week youth must perform vigorous-intensity physical activity
What is three days a week? (That's 10 Lateral Plank Walks both directions!)
Regular physical activity reduces the risk of
What is dying prematurely? (That's 10 Stability Ball Jacknives!)
It is the product of frequency, intensity, and duration
What is volume? (That's 10 Pull-Ups!)
This body examines the effectiveness of approaches and interventions for changing physical activity behavior
What is the Community Preventive Services Task Force? (That's 10 Hammer Curls -moderate weight!)
These focus on developing social networks that support behavior change
What are social support interventions? (That's 10 One-Arm Dumbbell Snatches -both arms/moderate weight!)
Days a week children or adolescents should perform bone strengthening activities
What is three days a week? (That's 10 Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift -support leg/both sides!)
Greater amounts of physical activity produce greater overall health benefits
What is dose-response? (That's 10 Abdominal Crunches!)
Equation used to determine one's physical activity level (PAL)
What is total energy expenditure (TEE) divided by basal metabolic rate (BMR)? (That's 10 Squat Jumps!)
The model that requires involvement from multiple community sectors to increase physical activity in a community
What is the ecological model? (That's 10 Kettle Bell Swings - two handed/moderate weight lbs.!)
Focuses on changes to policies, curricula, and teaching practices
What are school-based physical education interventions? (That's 10 Burpees!)