Resources for Health Professionals

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Have a Heart

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women in the United States. Physically inactive people are twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease as regularly active people.

The Governor’s council on Physical Fitness has a web site with physical activity programs in Tennessee and links to provide more information. Click here to visit the website.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also has a web site dedicated to physical activity for health professionals, with links to CDC approved programs, interventions and campaigns to help others GetFit. Click here to visit the website.

Some of the programs featured on the CDC web site include:

Kids Walk-to-School
CDC has developed Kids Walk-to-School, a guide that encourages individuals and organizations to work together to identify and create safe walking routes to school.
Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults
An exercise program for older adults based upon sound scientific research involving strengthening exercises.
PEP: A Personal Energy Plan
The Personal Energy Plan or PEP is a 12-week self-directed, worksite program to promote healthy eating and moderate physical activity. The program materials include workbooks for healthy eating and physical activity targeting employees based on their readiness to change. A coordinator’s kit, promotional brochures, and posters are also included in the program.
Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.™ site for Girls
This girl-friendly Web site helps girls understand how weight-bearing physical activity and calcium can be a fun and important part of everyday life.
Also available for Parents.
smallstep.gov
The Small Step program encourages Americans to make small activity and dietary changes to achieve a healthier lifestyle. The Department of Health and Human Services Web site provides, success stories, Small Step tips, and other resources for maintaining and losing weight.
StairWELL to Better Health
CDC study assesses whether making stairwells visually appealing with art and signs motivate employees to use them, shows promising results.

GetFit Tips were taken from www.fitness.gov, the President’s Council on Fitness and Sport web site, and www.CDC.gov by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.