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Families do not know the recommendations for exercise!

Posted by The Florida Chapter of NAPNAP on
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The Florida Chapter of NAPNAP

Please note the statements below (from the AANP Smart Brief) when doing your healthing living education to both normal weight and overweight patients and their parents!

Survey: Americans unaware of exercise recommendations
A survey found only one-third of participants were aware of national recommendations to get a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise daily, and fewer than 50% of people met that goal. Researchers said 14 years of public campaigns on the recommendations may be having a limited impact due to the "highly generalized, saturating effect of media in the current environment."