GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAPA)
SHAPE America
US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
World Health Organization (WHO)
- 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)
National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAPA)
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)
World Health Organization (WHO)
NON PROFIT INITIATIVES
DATA & RESEARCH
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
