Publications

Guidelines for Physical Activity

General

Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook
This CDC resource outlines the six basic steps of program evaluation and illustrates each step with physical activity program examples. Appendices provide information about physical activity indicators, practical case studies, and additional evaluation resources. The handbook is available online, as well as information on ordering hard copies of the handbook.

Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health
The Surgeon General's first report that specifically addresses physical activity and health. The full report, executive summary, and fact sheets for all ages and ability are available online, as well as information on ordering hard copies of the report.

Children and Teens

Bill of Rights for Young Athletes
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) promotes basic rights for youth involved in sports.

Bright Futures in Practice: Physical Activity
This guide from the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health provides developmentally appropriate physical activity supervision guidelines for infancy through adolescence. The guide provides current information on screening, assessment, and counseling to promote physical activity and to meet the needs of health professionals, families, and communities.

CDC Healthy Youth Physical Activity Publications
Links to publications on youth physical activity from CDC, other federal agencies, and non-federal sources.

Children's Activity Pyramid
University of Missouri-Columbia Cooperative Extension

Exercise (Physical Activity) and Children
American Heart Association

Feed Me & Move It Posters
Team Nutrition

KidsHealth for Parents – Kids and Exercise
Nemours Foundation

Kids in Action – Fitness for Children from Birth to Age Five
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) developed this brochure for parents to give them simple ideas for physical activities that they can do with children from birth to age five.

Missouri State Profile on Nutrition and Fitness
Action for Healthy Kids, a non-profit organization that addresses children’s nutrition and physical activity, provides statistical data on students and statewide policies on physical activity in Missouri schools.

Model Local School Wellness Policies on Physical Activity and Nutrition
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)

Physical Activity Guidelines for Infants & Toddlers
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)

Physical Fitness and Activity in Schools
American Academy of Pediatrics

Promoting Better Health for Young People through Physical Activity and Sports
Outlines ten strategies to promote health and reduce obesity through lifelong participation in enjoyable and safe physical activity and sports. Included is a bibliography and appendices of helpful materials.

Adults

Get Moving…For the Health and Fun of it!
General guidelines for maintaining health, and weight control, from the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

Seniors

International Curriculum Guidelines for Preparing Physical Activity Instructors of Older Adults
A consensus document that outlines each of the major content areas that experts recommend should be included in any entry-level training program with the goal of preparing physical activity instructors to work with older adults.

The National Blueprint: Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older
A guide for organizations, associations and agencies to plan strategies to help people age 50 and older increase their physical activity.

Disabled

General Exercise Guidelines For People with Disabilities
This fact sheet from the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability provides general exercise guidelines including resources on physical activity and exercise programs.