Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic physical activity for extensive health benefits — PA‑03

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
29.9 percent (2022) *

Target:
33.9 percent 1  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
29.3 percent of adults aged 18 years and over engaged in leisure time aerobic physical activity of at least moderate intensity for more than 300 minutes/week, or more than 150 minutes/week of vigorous intensity, or an equivalent combination in 2020 2 *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Increase the proportion of adults who meet the current highly active aerobic physical activity guideline needed for more extensive health benefits

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Summary

For more extensive health benefits, adults need at least 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 150 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity. Strategies to promote physical activity include informational, behavioral, social, environmental, and policy approaches.



1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.