Fact Sheets & Recommendations

Center Fact Sheets

• Do Physical Activity -- The Sun-Safe Way [PDF]
• About the Center [PDF]
• Active Aging Fact Sheet [PDF]
• Healthy Transportation Network Fact Sheet [PDF]
• Walk to School Fact Sheet [PDF]
• Walkable Community Workshop Fact Sheet [PDF]

Youth Fact Sheets

• Fit Facts: Kids in Motion*
• Fit Facts: The Top Ten Fun Fitness Summer Activities for Kids*
• California Study Proves Physically Fit Kids Perform Better Academically

Adult Fact Sheets

• Fit Facts: A Walk A Day…*
• Fit Facts: Everything in Moderation*

Older Adult Fact Sheets

• Fit Facts: Active Seniors Enjoy Life More*

Recommendations

Physical Activity Guidelines

• The California Center for Physical Activity's Guidelines
  For Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
• How Can Our Children Become More Active?

Community Design Guidelines

• Creating Safe, Healthy and Active Living Communities: A Public Health Professional's Guide to Key Land Use and Transportation Planning Policies and Processes [PDF]

Issue & Policy Briefs

• The Economic Costs of Physical Inactivity, Obesity, and Overweight in California Adults: Health Care, Workers' Compensation, and Lost Productivity [PDF]
  
  Topline Report from a study conducted by David Chenoweth, Ph.D., for the Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section and California Center for Physical Activity of the California Department of Public Health. Published April 2005.
• Physical Activity in California: A Case for Action
• California's Obesity Crisis: Focus on Solutions
  Policy Brief 4: Is Physical Activity By Itself the Answer? (in PDF format, ~4.5MB)
• Issue Brief: The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity

* Fit Facts are reprinted with permission from the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which has published them in the ACE FitnessMatters® magazine. Subscribe to ACE FitnessMatters online at http://www.acefitness.org/fitnessmatters or call 1-800-825-3636.

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