The first national, comprehensive plan to support and encourage physical
activity among all Americans has been announced. A wide range of public policy recommendations
across eight broad sectors, the National Physical Activity
Plan is the product of a ten-month, public/private collaboration of
experts in diverse fields. It goes well beyond just telling people to exercise to recommend
policies, programs and initiatives that will change communities in
ways that enable all Americans to be physically active, and is, in part, an answer to America's alarming rates of adult and
childhood obesity and decreasing levels of physical activity.