WHAT:
The National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAPA) will release its 2018 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. This will be the third comprehensive assessment of physical activity in U.S. children and youth, updating the first report card released in 2014 and the second released in 2016. The report card will include an overall physical activity grade and grades for nine specific indicators. In addition, individual state data and recommendations for how grades can be improved.
The list of confirmed speakers currently includes:
Rear Admiral Retired Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH
Former Deputy and Acting Surgeon General of the United States
Current dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health
Russell Pate, PhD
Chair, National Physical Activity Plan University Of South Carolina
Peter T. Katzmarzyk, PhD, FACSM, FAHA Chair, U.S. Report Card Research Advisory Committee
Pennington Biomedical Research Center Baton Rouge, La
Jim Whitehead
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President American College of Sports Medicine
WHEN:
October 2, 2018 from 10:00-11:00 A.M. ET
WHERE:
U.S. Capitol Senate Visitor’s Center, Room 201-00
WHO:
This event is being hosted by The National Physical Activity Plan Alliance, along with organizational partners the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), SHAPE America and the American Council on Exercise.
MEDIA CONTACT:
For media credentials, an embargoed news release and/or to interview an NPAPA Advisory Committee member, contact Paul Branks, ACSM vice president of communications and media at [email protected].
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