Federal Government Initiatives

President’s Council on Physical Fitness. See also the President’s Challenge for kids, teens, adults and seniors.  Specifies specific physical fitness goals for each group

US Department of Health and Human Services

• HealthierUS:  President Bush’s initiative in June 2002 to improve personal health and promote physical fitness (testimony). See also Small Steps

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
•  STEPS to a HealthierUS (STEPS): Expands Bush’s initiative to reduce diabetes, obesity and asthma by addressing 3 risk factors: physical activity, nutrition and tobacco use.  Cooperative agreement through state and community organizations.  See also within this site: Taking Action: State and Community Initiatives.
• National Physical Activity Initiative

 

• Office of Minority Health: African American Anti-Obesity Initiative
• National Institutes for Health, WE CAN Initiative (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition) National initiative providing one-stop resources for parents and caregivers to help children maintain healthy weight. Collaborative initiative from NHBL, NCHID, NIDDKD, and NCI)

• National Cancer Institute. 5 A day.  Promotes eating 5-9 servings of fruit and vegetables per day. 

Institute of Medicine, Focus on Childhood Obesity. See also IOM plan for reducing childhood obesity: Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance. 

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