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Core Concepts in Health, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Exercise for Health and Fitness

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Figure 13-1 (See p. 362 in your text.)
Physical activity among American adults

The statistics and goals shown in your text are taken from the http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/Document/HTML/Volume2/22Physical.htm Physical Activity and Fitness section of Healthy People 2010.

Other sources of information on rates of physical activity and exercise among Americans include the following:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System looks at health risk behaviors among adults, including physical activity.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System looks at a variety of health risk behaviors among young people, including physical activity.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

http://www.bts.gov/ntda/npts U.S. Department of Transportation, Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey

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