The recently released 2010 Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association (AHA), shows that while the majority of states mandate physical education, there are two significant inadequacies relative to time requirements and exemptions/waivers. Given the recent increased attention on childhood obesity prevention initiatives, legislators and school policy-makers can and should be part of the solution by correcting these inadequacies in physical education policies.

The report, which surveyed physical education coordinators in all 50 state education agencies and ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released new data from the Federal Highway Administration’s 2009 National Household Travel Survey which shows that both bicycling and walking trips have increased by 25 percent since 2001. The FHWA funded Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center included this data in The National Bicycling and Walking Study: A 15-Year Status Report. The report details trends and changes in bicycling and walking since 1994.

“This report demonstrates what we’ve been saying here at the Department,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Americans want and need safe alternatives to driving. And by making biking and ...

Joe Moore, the President and CEO of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IRHSA) is featured as a guest blogger on the Washington Post's On Leadership blog.  The title of his entry is Health leadership: Be a mountain-climbing CEO and in it he discusses the value that physically active employees bring to a company and the importance of their leaders seving as role models for such.  IHRSA, an NCPPA lead organization member, is  working with fellow NCPPA members, the American Heart Association and the American Council on Exercise to provide the leadership for the Implementation team of ...