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People 2010 is a health promotion and disease prevention agenda.
It contains 467 objectives, which serve as a roadmap for improving
health. The objectives are organized into 28 focus areas, each
representing an important public health area. A limited set
of objectives, known as the Ten Leading Health Indicators,
are intended to help everyone more easily understand the importance
of Healthy People 2010 and encourage participation in improving
health in the next decade. |
Physical Activity
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Learn
more about why Physical Activity (focus area 22)
is one of the top ten indicators.
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The objectives selected
to measure progress among adolescents and adults for this Leading
Health Indicator are presented below. These are only indicators
and do not represent all the physical activity and fitness objectives
included in Healthy People 2010.
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Objective: 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
(22-7)
Healthy People
Baseline: 65 percent of students in grades 9-12 engaged in vigorous
physical activity 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes
per occasion in 1999.
Healthy People 2010 Target: 85 percent
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National:
- Percent
of Students Who Vigorously Exercised or Participated in
Physical Activity, United States, 1993, 1995, 1997 and
1999
- Students'
Attendance of Physical Education Classes,
North Dakota and the United States, 1991, 1993, 1995,
1997, 1999 and 2001
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County
(Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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Objective: Increase the proportion of adults who engage regularly,
preferably daily, in moderate physical activity for at least
30 minutes per day (22-2)
Healthy People
Baseline: 15 percent of adults aged 18 years and older engaged
in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes 5 or more
days per week in 1997
Healthy People 2010 Target: 30 percent
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National:
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County
(Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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Objective: Improve
health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical
activity (22)
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National/State:
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County
(Clay County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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