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TOOL G: HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS OBJECTIVES

Healthy People 20101 provides a comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the nation. The publication's focus is on improving the health of individuals, communities, and the nation. Healthy People 2010 includes 467 health objectives in 28 focus areas. For each objective, there is a 2010 target. The objective, the target, and baseline information for objectives pertaining to the physical activity and fitness status of children and adolescents are listed in Table 23 below.

Table 23. Physical Activity and Fitness Objectives
for Children and Adolescents

Objective
Number
Objective, Target, and Baseline
22-6
Increase the proportion of adolescents who have engaged in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days.
 
Target: 30 percent.
Baseline: 20 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 had engaged in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days in 1997.
22-7
Increase the proportion of adolescents who engage in vigorous physical activity that promotes cardiorespiratory fitness 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion.
 
Target: 8 percent.
Baseline: 64 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 engaged in vigorous physical activity 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion in 1997.
22-8
Increase the proportion of the nation's public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students.
 
Target: 25 percent for middle and junior high schools and 5 percent for senior high schools.
Baseline: 17 percent for middle and junior high schools and 2 percent for senior high schools.
22-9
Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical
education.
 
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 27 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 1997.
22-10
Increase the proportion of adolescents who spend at least 50 percent of school physical education class time being physically active.
 
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 32 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 were physically active in physical education class more than 20 minutes 3 to 5 days per week in 1997.
22-11
Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who view television 2 or fewer hours per day.
 
Target: 75 percent.
Baseline: 60 percent of persons ages 8 to 16 viewed television 2 or fewer hours per day 1988­94.
22-14b
Increase the proportion of trips made by children and adolescents ages 5 to 15 years walking to school less than 1 mile.
 
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 28 percent in 1995.
22-15b
Increase the proportion of trips made by children and adolescents ages 5 to 15 years bicycling to school less than 2 miles.
 
Target: 50 percent.
Baseline: 22 percent in 1995.

 

Reference

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2000. Healthy People 2010. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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