U.S+Physical+Activity+Facts

USA - Did You Know!?
 * ===//**Nearly half of American youths aged 12-21 years are not vigorously active on a regular basis.**// ===


 * === //**About 14 percent of young people report no recent physical activity. Inactivity is more common among females (14%) than males (7%) and among black females (21%) than white females (12%).**// ===


 * ===//**Participation in all types of physical activity declines strikingly as age or grade in school increases.**// ===


 * ===//**More than 60 percent of U.S. adults do not engage in the recommended amount of activity.**// ===
 * ===//**Approximately 25 percent of U.S. adults are not active at all. [[image:http://home.messiah.edu/~aw1345/running2.gif]]**// ===


 * ===//**Physical inactivity is more common among: - Women than men. - African American and Hispanic adults than whites. - Older than younger adults. - Less affluent than more affluent people.**// ===


 * ===//**Social support from family and friends has been consistently and positively related to regular physical activity.**// ===

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