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​Physical Activity Promotion

GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • ​Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program
  • ​Recess in School 
  • ​Strategies for Classroom Physical Activity in Schools
  • 2014 State Indicator Report on Physical Activity

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
  • Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School

National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAPA)
  • National Physical Activity Plan​

SHAPE America
  • Active Start: A Statement of Physical Activity Guidelines for Children from Birth to Age Five
  • Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program 

US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
  • 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 

World Health Organization (WHO)
  • ACTIVE: A Technical Package for Increasing Physical Activity 
  • Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health ​

NON PROFIT INITIATIVES

  • Action for Healthy Kids
  • Ative Healthy Kids
  • Active Schools
  • Every Kid in a Park
  • ​Girls on the run
  • National Fitness Foundation​
  • Safe Routes to School
  • Skate Like a Girl
  • UNICEF Kids Power
  • ​Voices for Healthy Kids
  • ​Women's Sport Foundation ​

DATA & RESEARCH

  • ​2018 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
  • Active Living Research​
  • Child Trends
  • ​Physical Activity Research Center
  • The Community Guide​
  • School Health Policies and Practices Study
  • State of Play
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

IN THE NEWS

  • Black and Hispanic youth are targeted with junk food ads, research shows
  • For Some Girls, Empowerment Comes With Two Wheels and a Helmet
  • Kids across the US are eating fewer whole grains and more sugary milk in school lunches. See how federal rules have changed for the worse.
  • Lack of exercise puts one in four people at risk, WHO says
  • Move over, 'sit still'! Why kids need to move in school 
  • Poor Students More Likely To Play Football, Despite Brain Injury Concerns
  • States Consider Longer School Recess, and the Adults Aren’t Complaining​
  • ​The Call-In: Childhood Obesity Rates Are At Their Highest Since 1999
  • The fitness industry is booming. So why are P.E. classes disappearing?
  • Writing Prescriptions to Play Outdoors
  • Why are so many 12-year-olds unable to run, jump or catch?
  • Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still in Class​
  • ​Why students shouldn't be forced to spend so much time sitting at their desks​​

DOCUMENTARIES

  • ​Connecting Physical Literacy and Physical Education
  • NEED TO KNOW | A physical education in Naperville | PBS
  • No Excuses! A Film About Quality Physical Education
  • ​No Running!
  • Miss Representation
  • More Than Child's Play: Why Physical Activity Matters​
  • Weight of the Nation, Part3- Children in Crises

SHORT VIDEOS

  • Run, Jump, Learn! How Exercise can Transform our Schools

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • American Public Health Association
  • International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education
  • National Physical Activity Society
  • National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education
  • Society of Health and Physical Educators

PHYSICAL EDUCATION WEBSITES
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  • Support Real Teachers
  • Physical Educator
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