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Physical Activity and Fitness

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Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010

PAF HP2020–1: Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.
PAF HP2020–2: Increase the proportion of the Nation’s public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students.
PAF HP2020–3: Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education.
PAF HP2020–4: Increase the proportion of adolescents who spend at least 50 percent of school physical education class time being physically active.
PAF HP2020–5: Increase the proportion of the Nation’s public and private schools that provide access to their physical activity spaces and facilities for all persons outside of normal school hours (that is, before and after the school day, on weekends, and during summer and other vacations).

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010

PAF HP2020–6: Increase the proportion of adults that meet current Federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and for muscle strength training.
PAF HP2020–7: Increase the proportion of adolescents that meet current physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity.
PAF HP2020–8:

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents that meet guidelines for television viewing and computer use.

PAF HP2020–9: (Developmental) Increase the proportion of employed adults who have access to and participate in employer-based exercise facilities and exercise programs.
PAF HP2020–10:

(Developmental) Increase the proportion of trips made by walking.

PAF HP2020–11:

(Developmental) Increase the proportion of trips made by bicycling.

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020

PAF HP2020–12: Increase the proportion of States and school districts that require regularly scheduled elementary school recess.
PAF HP2020–13: Increase the proportion of school districts that require or recommend elementary school recess for an appropriate period of time.

Objectives Moved From Another Healthy People Topic Area

PAF HP2020–14:

Increase the proportion of physician office visits for chronic health diseases or conditions that include counseling or education related to exercise.

Objectives Archived From Healthy People 2010

Archived objectives are Healthy People 2010 objectives that are not included in the proposed set of Healthy People 2020 objectives for data, target or policy reasons.
HP2010 22-5: Increase the proportion of adults who perform physical activities that enhance or maintain flexibility.
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