Physical Activity Levels of High School Students

Physical Activity Levels of High School Students - United States, 2010

MMWR has released a new study on the physical activity levels of American high school students compared to HP2020 objectives. Highlights include:

Nationwide, 15.3% of high school students met the HP 2020 objective for aerobic activity.
A higher percentage of male (21.9%) compared with female (8.4%) students; 9th-grade (18.5%) compared with 10th-grade (15.3%), 11th-grade (13.3%), and 12th-grade (13.1%) students; white (16.9%) compared with Hispanic (11.8%) students; and under/normal weight (16.3%) and overweight (16.5%) students compared with those with obesity (10.7%) met the aerobic objective.
51.0% of high school students met the HP 2020 objective for muscle-strengthening activity.
12.2% of high school students met the HP 2020 objective for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities.

Please click here to read the full report.

Prevention Works!

Deaths from cardiovascular diseases have fallen. However, it’s still the leading killer in the U.S. and medical costs are projected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030. The American Heart Association’s recent policy statement explains what can be done to save more lives and dollars. http://bit.ly/nnZkBP