Physical_Activity_Guidelines

Recommendations

Info

The Development of the Physical Activity GuidelinesIn 2008, HHS released the first edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. It served as thefirst benchmark and primary, authoritative voice of the Federal Government for providing science-basedguidance on physical activity, fitness, and health for Americans. The Guidelines provides a foundationfor Federal recommendations and education for physical activity programs for Americans, includingthose at risk of chronic disease. Since 2008, HHS has reaffirmed the health benefits of physical activityin several publications.In 2013, 5 years after the Guidelines was released, HHS developed the Physical Activity Guidelines forAmericans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth. This report built on the2008 Guidelines for Americans by focusing on strategies to help youth achieve the recommended 60 minutesof daily physical activity in a variety of settings, including school, preschool and childcare, community, familyand home, and primary care.In 2015, HHS released Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and WalkableCommunities. The Call to Action seeks to increase walking across the United States by calling for improvedaccess to safe and convenient places to walk and wheelchair roll and to create a culture that supports theseactivities for people of all ages and abilities.Because the evidence for the health benefits of a physically active lifestyle continued to grow rapidly, HHSbegan the process of developing a second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans inDecember 2015. HHS called for nominations to the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee andfollowed a similar development process to those used for the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americansand the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2016, former HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwellappointed 17 members to the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, an external scientificadvisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (Public Law 92-463,5 U.S.C. App.). The Committee conducted an extensive analysis of the scientific information on physical activityand health and met periodically in public session to discuss their findings.The Committee graded the evidence based on consistency and quality of the research literature. Evidencegraded as strong or moderate was used as the basis for the Guidelines. The 2018 Physical Activity GuidelinesAdvisory Committee Scientific Report and summaries of the Committee’s public meetings are availableat https://www.health.gov/PAGuidelines/.When writing the Guidelines, HHS used the Advisory Committee’s Scientific Report as its primary source butalso considered comments from the public and government agencies. The Guidelines will be widely promotedthrough various communications strategies online and in print, such as the Move Your Way campaign materialsfor professionals and consumers, and partnerships with organizations that promote physical activity.18 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
The Framework for the Physical ActivityGuidelines for AmericansThe 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report provided the content andconceptual underpinning for the Guidelines. Key elements of this framework are described in thefollowing sections.Disease Prevention and Health PromotionThe 2008 Advisory Committee Report and the 2008 Guidelines focused primarily on the disease preventionbenefits of physical activity. The 2018 Scientific Reportdemonstrates that, in addition to disease prevention benefits,Learn Moreregular physical activity provides a variety of other benefits,See Chapter 2. Physical Activityincluding helping people sleep better, feel better, and performand Health for more information on thedaily tasks more easily. The 2018 Scientific Report also notesmany health benefits of physical activity.immediate benefits of physical activity in addition to thoserelated to regular physical activity over months or years.This broader focus on both disease prevention and healthpromotion is embedded in the key guidelines for the amounts and types of physical activity that are providedfor three age groups (children and adolescents, adults, and older adults), for women who are pregnant orpostpartum, and for adults with chronic diseases or adults with disabilities.Strong evidence demonstrates that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity improves the quality of sleep inadults. It does so by reducing the length of time it takes to go to sleep and reducing the time one is awake aftergoing to sleep and before rising in the morning. It also can increase the time in deep sleep and reduce daytimesleepiness.Strong evidence from adults demonstrates that perceived quality of life is improved by regular physical activity.The Guidelines focuses on selected aspects of health-related quality of life, including both physical and mentalor emotional health. It does not include other aspects of quality of life, such as those related to finances,relationships, or occupations.Physical activity improves physical function among individuals of all ages, enabling them to conduct their dailylives with energy and without undue fatigue. This is true for older adults, for whom improved physical functionreduces risk of falls and fall-related injuries and contributes to their ability to maintain independence. It is alsotrue for young and middle-aged adults, as improved physical function helps them more easily accomplish thetasks of daily living, such as climbing stairs or carrying groceries.In addition to improving physical function, physical activity may improve cognitive function among youth andadults. Aspects of cognitive function that may be improved include memory, attention, executive function (theability to plan and organize; monitor, inhibit, or facilitate behaviors; initiate tasks; and control emotions), andacademic performance among youth.Chapter 1. Introducing the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 19
Page 1 and 2: Physical ActivityGuidelines for Ame
Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ..
Page 5 and 6: AcknowledgmentsThe Department also
Page 7 and 8: The primary audience for the Physic
Page 9 and 10: Key Guidelines for Older AdultsThe
Page 11 and 12: Implementation of the Physical Acti
Page 13 and 14: Chapter 1. Introducing the Physical
Page 15 and 16: Why and How the Physical ActivityGu
Page 17: Figure 1-2. Percentage of U.S. High
Page 21 and 22: • Insufficiently active is doing
Page 23 and 24: elevated risk if they perform no mo
Page 25 and 26: Health-Related Versus Performance-R
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 2. Physical Activity and He
Page 29 and 30: Examining the Relationship BetweenP
Page 31 and 32: The Health Benefits of Physical Act
Page 33 and 34: The Role of Fitness in HealthPhysic
Page 35 and 36: Figure 2-1. Relationship of Moderat
Page 37 and 38: Can High-Intensity Interval Trainin
Page 39 and 40: and fractures. Older adults, includ
Page 41 and 42: CognitionCompared to inactive peopl
Page 43 and 44: Table 2-4. Health Benefits Associat
Page 45 and 46: Cardiac events, such as a heart att
Page 47 and 48: Childhood and adolescence are criti
Page 49 and 50: Explaining the GuidelinesTypes of A
Page 51 and 52: moderate-intensity activity. A chil
Page 53 and 54: Special ConsiderationsChildren and
Page 55 and 56: Chapter 4. Active Adults
Page 57 and 58: Explaining the Key GuidelinesThe ke
Page 59 and 60: Table 4-1 lists some examples of ac
Page 61 and 62: Muscle-Strengthening ActivityMuscle
Page 63 and 64: Muscle-strengthening activities sho
Page 65 and 66: • She attends a cardio exercise c
Page 67 and 68: The benefits of regular physical ac
Page 69 and 70:
Explaining the Key GuidelinesAs wit
Page 71 and 72:
How Many Days a Week and for How Lo
Page 73 and 74:
Balance ActivitiesThese kinds of ac
Page 75 and 76:
Active Older AdultsOlder adults who
Page 77 and 78:
Barbara: An Active, 65-Year-Old Wom
Page 79 and 80:
All Americans should be physically
Page 81 and 82:
may be born with a disability, or i
Page 83 and 84:
People with osteoarthritis should m
Page 85 and 86:
Getting and Staying Active: Real-Li
Page 87 and 88:
Chapter 7. Active and Safe
Page 89 and 90:
Explaining the GuidelinesBe Confide
Page 91 and 92:
Prior ExperiencePeople may use thei
Page 93 and 94:
Advice From Health Care ProvidersNo
Page 95 and 96:
Being physically active is one of t
Page 97 and 98:
Point-of-Decision PromptsThese inte
Page 99 and 100:
and social opportunities. More ambi
Page 101 and 102:
• Transportation, Land Use, and C
Page 103 and 104:
The coalition also worked with Anyt
Page 105 and 106:
Cardiorespiratory fitness (enduranc
Page 107 and 108:
Physical activity. Any bodily movem
Page 109 and 110:
Relative IntensityIntensity can als
Page 111 and 112:
How Are Steps Considered in the Gui
Page 113 and 114:
Appendix 2. Federal PhysicalActivit
Page 115 and 116:
Department of Transportation (DOT)F
Page 117 and 118:
Office of the Surgeon General, Step
show all

Physical_Activity_Guidelines

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?