On the eve of the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S. Surgeon General released a landmark report on physical activity and health (DHHS 1996). In marked contrast to the fitness ...

Physical activity is the leading health indicator in Healthy People 2010, a national agenda for reducing the most significant preventable threats to health. The scientific evidence is strong that ...

In the new study, rural and urban residents differed in the types of physical activity they do the most, though walking is a top leisure-time physical activity for U.S. adults in general. In a study ...