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Promoting Physical Activity for Better Health: Surgeon General's Report

Read the 1996 Surgeon General's report on the importance of physical activity and its impact on health. Discover how regular physical activity can improve overall well-being and prevent various health issues. The report emphasizes the positive effects of exercise on different age groups and provides recommendations for increasing physical activity levels. Find out how various populations, including adults, adolescents, children, older adults, parents, dieters, and people with disabilities or illnesses, can benefit from incorporating physical activity into their lifestyles. Learn about the significance of community action programs and how you can contribute to promoting a more active and healthy society.

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Promoting Physical Activity for Better Health: Surgeon General's Report

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  1. PHYSICALACTIVITY&HEALTHby Pug Parris, January 1998

  2. REPORT OF THESURGEON GENERAL • prepared by Department of Health & Human Services • CDC was lead agency with cooperation from PCPFS • Released in July 1996

  3. Considered as significant as Surgeon General’s first report on smoking and health in 1964, this 278 page review of research covers: • historical background • physiologic and long-term responses to exercise • effects of exercise on health and disease • trends in physical activity • promotion of physical activity

  4. MAJOR FINDINGS • Inactive people can improve well-being with moderate activity done on a regular basis. • Physical activity need not be strenuous to have benefits. • Greater health benefits can be achieved by increasing the amount (duration, frequency, or intensity) of physical activity.

  5. REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IMPROVES HEALTH IN THESE WAYS: • <premature death • <risk of death from heart disease • <diabetes • <risk of high blood pressure • <risk for certain cancers • <feelings of depression and anxiety • controls weight • builds and maintains bones, muscles and joints • promotes psychological well-being

  6. ADULTS >60% of adults do not engage in regular activity. 25% are not active at all! Inactivity increases with age and is more common among women, less educated, lower incomes. INACTIVITY IS A SERIOUS NATIONAL PROBLEM

  7. INACTIVITY IS A SERIOUS NATIONAL PROBLEM ADOLESCENTS • Nearly half of those 12-21 are not vigorously active on a regular basis. • Physical activity declines dramatically with age. • Females are much less active than male adolescents.

  8. INACTIVITY IS A SERIOUS NATIONAL PROBLEM CHILDREN • Percentage of young people who are overweight has doubled in past 30 yrs. • Report recognizes that all people over the age of 2 should accumulate at least 30 minutes of endurance-type activities on most--preferably all--days of the week.

  9. What is aModerate AmountofPhysical Activity?

  10. What is aModerate Amount*of Physical Activity? • Playing volleyball for 45:00 • Washing windows or floors for 45-60:00 *uses approximately 150 calories per day or 1000 per week

  11. What is aModerate Amount*of Physical Activity? • Raking leaves for 30:00 • Walking 2 miles in 30:00 • Cycling 5 miles in 30:00 *uses approximately 150 calories per day or 1000 per week

  12. What is aModerate Amount*of Physical Activity? • Running 1.5 mile in 15:00 • Jumping rope for 15:00 • Stairwalking for 15:00 *uses approximately 150 calories per day or 1000 per week

  13. THE REPORT’S MESSAGES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: OLDER ADULTS: • No one is too old to enjoy benefits. • Muscle strength can reduce risk of falling and injury. • Fitness can improve ability to live independently.

  14. THE REPORT’S MESSAGES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: PARENTS: • Can help their children by providing encouragement. • Family events can include active opportunities.

  15. THE REPORT’S MESSAGES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: DIETERS: • Physical activity burns calories. • Activity preserves lean body mass.

  16. THE REPORT’S MESSAGES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: • Physical activity can help improve stamina and strength. • Increases psychological well-being. • Increases ability to perform activities of daily life.

  17. THE REPORT’S MESSAGES FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: PEOPLE WITH ILLNESS • Hypertensive? Activity helps lower blood pressure. • Arthritis? Regular activity reduces joint swelling and pain. • Depression? Activity improves mood and increases well-being.

  18. The report identifies promising ways various groups can help: • increasing programs and activity levels in PE classes in schools • health care counseling • worksite activity programs • community action programs

  19. HOW CAN YOU HELP?

  20. Encourage schools to support daily, quality PE programs. • Discourage the use of physical activity as punishment.

  21. Advocate for convenient, safe places for persons to workout and play. • and...

  22. Set a good example by being physically active and making good health choices.

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