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Physical Activity and Health

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Reports, Tools, and Fact Sheets:

 

Resource Organization  Description
Active Options for Aging Americans Active Options A web-based guide listing local physical activity programs and opportunities for older adults  Activeoptions logo
ACSM & AMA Recommendations: Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association  Report  ACSM logo
Body Strengthening For Seniors    Tool  
Body Stretching For Seniors    Tool  
Building on Best Practices Consensus Report on Physical Activity Programming National Council on Aging; Learning Network for Active Aging Report  NCOA logo
Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) Toolkit   

EASY Informational fact sheet 

Exercise And Screening for You (EASY)  Fact Sheet  EASY logo

EASY Safety Tips fact sheet

Exercise And Screening for You (EASY)  Fact Sheet  EASY logo
EASY for You Screening Tool Exercise And Screening for You (EASY)  Tool  EASY logo
Establishing a Community-Based Walking Group Program to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth and Adults Action Guide  PDF  Partnership for Prevention
Tool, Action Guide
 prevention walking
Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Every Day Guide National Institute on Aging Tool, Action Guide  NIA Guide
 

Growing Stronger Strength Training Program!

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Tool  CDC logo
National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older National Blueprint Report  blueprint
Home Support Exercise Program. Geriatrics and Aging The Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging Tool   

Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Report  CDC logo
Physical Activity for Everyone: Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Tool  CDC logo
 

Physical Activity for Older Adults: Exercise for Life!

Live Well, Live Long 

 Report  
Planning Exercise for Individuals Using Assistive Devices  ICAA  Report  Assistive device article
Template for a Community Resource Guide Active for Life®  Tool  AFL logo
       
Ten Strategies for Active Aging   Tool  
The Presidents Challenge: Adult Fitness Test
The Presidents Challenge  Tool  

Web sites:


Active for Life®  
AFL logo
Active Options for Aging Americans   Activeoptions logo
American College of Sports Medicine    ACSM logo
American Geriatrics Society
 
American Heart Association  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Physical Activity and Health

CDC logo
new! Exercise And Screening for You (EASY)  EASY logo

International Council on Active Aging (ICAA)

 
International Society for Aging and Physical Activity  
National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 50 and Older  blueprint
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA)  
National Council on the Aging Center for Healthy Aging – Physical Activity Resources  NCOA logo
National Institute of Health, SeniorHealth  NIH SeniorHealth Logo
Novartis Health and Age  
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports