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HHS Releases New Physical Activity Guidelines

By Amy Orciari Herman

Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released updated guidelines on physical activity at the American Heart Association conference on Monday. Here are the main recommendations, published in JAMA:

• Children aged 3 through 5 years should be physically active throughout the day.
• Children aged 6 through 17 should engage in moderate-to-vigorous activity for at least one hour each day. This should be mostly aerobic activity, but bone- and muscle-strengthening should be included at least 3 days a week.
• Adults should get 150–300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity — or 75-150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity — each week. They should also do muscle strength-training at least 2 days a week.
• Older adults should include balance training in their regimens.

The HHS previously said only 10-minute increments (or more) of activity counted. Now, the group says any increment counts.

Physical activity guidelines in JAMA (Free)

JAMA editorial (Free)

JAMA viewpoint (Free)

HHS news release (Free)

Background: Physician's First Watch coverage of activity and CV risk in those at high genetic risk (Free)

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