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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • BAM (Body & Mind)
    Interactive website tha helps answer your PA questions

  • Healthy People 2010
    Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life.

  • CDC: U.S. Physical Activity Statistics
    Physical activity data are from BRFSS conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. The BRFSS physical activity questions attempt to measure a persons physical activity in leisure-time, household, and transportation.

  • (CDC) Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action
    http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/health_professionals/promotion/community_guide.htm

  • VERB" Its what you do
    National campaign that encourages young people ages 913 (tweens) years to be physically active every day. The campaign combines paid advertising, marketing strategies, and partnership efforts to reach the distinct audiences of tweens and adults/influencers.

  • KidsWalk-to-School: Home
    This is a community-based program that aims to increase opportunities for daily physical activity by encouraging children to walk to and from school in groups accompanied by adults.

  • Walking and Bicycling to School
    Information in the slide presentation may be presented to a neighborhood, school, or community to increase knowledge and interest in participating in a Walk & Bicycle to School program.

  • Train the Trainer
    Slide presentation developed to encourage state level promotion of walk and bicycle to school programs, by building state level partnerships and assisting local constituents to develop walk and bicycle to school programs. Includes various reference links.

  • President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
    You can find out about the Council and its work, view our publications, and link to the resources of other government agencies as well as to health and fitness organizations.

  • President's Challege
    Find out how you can start a physical activity program today and stay active and fit for life while earning Presidential awards,

  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education (AAHERD)
    AAHPERD is an alliance of five national associations, six district associations, and a research consortium which support healthy lifestyles through high quality programs.

  • Steps to a HealthierUS
    Want to get healthy, but dont know how to begin? Start with our list of small steps and find some that work for you. Then let us help you separate healthy fact from fiction with our great selection of resources. Continue with the activity tracker, great recipes and newsletter. Finish with a healthier you!

  • City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Park
    Vital resource for PA programs. They include activity centers, sport and activity programs for youths (& adults), parks, historical sites & museums, horticulture centers & gardens, beach locations, special venues, and banquet facilities.

  • The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC)
    Advocacy organization working to improve the bicycling environment and quality of life in Los Angeles County

  • Spark
    Sports, play, active recreation program for kids

  • Kids Health L.A. County Dept. of Children & Family Services
    Interactive website for kids that offers health, fitness education.

  • CANFit Super Manual
    A comprehensive manual designed to enable youth service providers to incorporate nutrition and physical activity into their everyday programming

  • P.H.A.T. (Promoting Healthy Activities Together)
    Multi-media package based on CANFit's adolescent-focused hip-hop campaign

  • Spanish-language Recetas para el Exito (Recipes for Success)
    Manual, a practical "how-to" guide for those wanting to create a nutrition and physical activity program for adolescents.

  • California 5 a Day: Be Active! Worksite Program
    Program designed to help improve access to healthy foods and physical activity at workplaces, Foster supportive work environments that encourage healthy lifestyle choices; and Establish public policies that bolster health promotion efforts at worksites.

  • Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones (CDC)
    Interactive website that educates and encourages girls aged 9 to 12 years to establish lifelong, healthy habits that build and maintain strong bones.

  • Take Action!
    Flexible, 10-week employee wellness program that encourages fruit and vegetable consumption and regular physical activity among employees while fostering teamwork and boosting morale

  • California Healthy Kids Resource Center
    Website contains material to check out, including: Health Education Library, Research-Validated Programs, School Health Laws, Trainings & Conferences, Research Summaries & Resources, & Assessment & Planning

  • ACE Youth Fitness Curriculum for Educators
    The Operation FitKids Curriculum is designed for educators looking to integrate health and fitness into classroom learning. This seven-lesson module was developed to teach the extreme dangers of being overweight and the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle.

  • Aerobic & Fitness Association of America
    Organization that provides guidelines, workshops, and certifications for professionals leading exercise programs.

  • RoadRunners
    Running club for children and adults

  • L.A. Leggers
    Running club for children and adults

  • Sierra Club (Loa Angeles Chapter)
    Hiking club for adults.


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