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Pubmed Search Button PA-1 Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity (Objective PA-1)
Pubmed Search Button PA-2 Increase the proportion of adults who meet current Federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity (Objective PA-2)
Pubmed Search Button PA-3 Increase the proportion of adolescents who meet current Federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity (Objective PA-3)
Pubmed Search Button PA-4 Increase the proportion of the Nation's public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students (Objective PA-4)
Pubmed Search Button PA-5 Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education (Objective PA-5)
Pubmed Search Button PA-6 Increase regularly scheduled elementary school recess in the United States (Objective PA-6)
Pubmed Search Button PA-7 Increase the proportion of school districts that require or recommend elementary school recess for an appropriate period of time (Objective PA-7)
Pubmed Search Button PA-8 Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who do not exceed recommended limits for screen time (Objective PA-8)
Pubmed Search Button PA-9 Increase the number of States with licensing regulations for physical activity provided in child care (Objective PA-9)
Pubmed Search Button PA-10 Increase the proportion of the Nation's public and private schools that provide access to their physical activity spaces and facilities for all persons outside of normal school hours (that is, before and after the school day, on weekends, and during summer and other vacations) (Objective PA-10)
Pubmed Search Button PA-11 Increase the proportion of physician office visits that include counseling or education related to physical activity (Objective PA-11)
Pubmed Search Button PA-12 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of employed adults who have access to and participate in employer-based exercise facilities and exercise programs (Objective PA-12)
Pubmed Search Button PA-13 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of trips made by walking (Objective PA-13)
Pubmed Search Button PA-14 (Developmental) Increase the proportion of trips made by bicycling (Objective PA-14)
Pubmed Search Button PA-15 (Developmental) Increase legislative policies for the built environment that enhance access to and availability of physical activity opportunities (Objective PA-15)
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