Review of Physical Activity Research

摘要

While the federal government supports numerous physical activity research projects, the diversity of sponsoring departments and agencies makes it difficult to characterize this body of research, identify gaps, encourage collaboration and disseminate findings to the field. One response to this challenge was the convening in 1986 of an Interagency Group on Physical Activity, whose work resulted in the 1987 publication of 'A Compendium of Physical Activity Projects' by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. 'A Review of Physical Activity Research,' a 1989 update and expansion of the original Compendium, is designed as a single reference guide to federal government research on physical activity since 1985. The report is an extensive resource guide to physical activity research arranged alphabetically by agency, by title and by subtopic. Except in instances where certain information could not be provided by the sponsoring office, each listing contains the title, a brief description, inclusive dates, the performing organization, and an individual to contact about the research. A contact person for each agency also is identified.