Update: Senate Committee Approves National Physical Activity Guidelines

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A Call to Update National Physical Activity Guidelines Regularly

A new bill–The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act–seeks to improve physical activity standards for Americans. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) have introduced the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act,” to the Senate.

The legislation would mandate that new guidelines be created every 10 years and that best practices in physical activity be highlighted every five years. A recent report from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotions found that physical activity levels among Americans remain low–however, reports like the one proposed through The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act, are not yet mandatory.

This press release from the Campaign to End Obesity talks about the new bipartisan bill.

View the text to The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act.

Update: On July 26, 2014 the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act. This legislation requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish physical activity recommendations every ten years. It also requires the DHHS to a report the latest on evidence-based practices to improve levels of physical activity, every five years.

Read more about this bipartisan bill here.