Dietary and Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

摘要

The U.S. government has published Dietary Guide-nlines for Americans since 1980 (www.health.govDietaryGuidelines/history) and now for the verynfirst time, Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans isnavailable. The Physical Activity Guidelines were developednand released recently by the U.S. Department of Health andnHuman Services (HHS; www.health.gov/PAGuidelines). Inbelieve this is a noteworthy occurrence for several reasons.nWhile physical activity guidelines have been developed andnreleased by many organizations over the years, this effortnnow provides an “official” version of guidelines and givesnphysical activity guidelines the same status as that enjoyednby dietary guidelines. Dietary Guidelines for Americansnhas enormous impact on policy decisions related to food,nand I believe Physical Activity Guidelines for Americansnwill have a similar impact on physical activity policies.nBoth sets of guidelines attempt to be as science-based asnpossible, and both are developed based on an extensivenreport by a committee of experts.