Key points
- Key reports and research articles offer insight into the need to increase physical activity.
- See links to Surgeon General reports and articles in ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Vital Signs and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports.
- Also see links to select peer-reviewed publications.
Reports
Surgeon General reports
Provides strategies for communities to increase access to safe and convenient places to walk and wheelchair roll.
First Surgeon General report to address physical activity and health.
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Vital Signs
Shows that adults with disabilities who get no physical activity are 50% more likely to have diabetes, stroke, heart disease, or cancer than those who get the recommended amount of physical activity.
How many Americans are walking their way to better health and what can be done to make that easier for others.
State reports
State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2014
State information on physical activity behaviors and environmental and policy supports for physical activity.
Featured research
Select published research about physical activity with ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø authors.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019
Trends in Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines Among Urban and Rural Dwelling Adults — United States, 2008–2017
Walking for Transportation or Leisure Among U.S. Women and Men — National Health Interview Survey, 2005–2015