U.S. Kids Not Making Grade For Physical Education: New CDC Report

U.S. Kids Not Making Grade For Physical Education: New CDC Report

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Article Date: 17 Jun 2011 - 8:00 PDT

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Did you know that there were actual physical activity guidelines? Well there is and in a new report this week released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only a small percentage of youth have met the objective for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities outlined in the Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020) physical activity guidelines.

The CDC evaluated data from the 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS), a school-based study conducted by the CDC that included height and weight measurements, and a survey that measured physical activity and dietary behaviors among a nationally representative sample of students in grades nine to 12 to determine the proportion of U.S. youths who meet the HP 2020 objectives. The data revealed that 15.3% of students met the aerobic objective, 51% met the muscle-strengthening objective, and 12.2% met the objective for both. The data also