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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic physical activity for substantial health benefits — PA‑02 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
48.1 percent (2022) *

Target:
52.9 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
47.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over engaged in leisure time aerobic physical activity of at least moderate intensity for at least 150 minutes/week, or at least 75 minutes/week of vigorous intensity, or an equivalent combination in 2020  *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Adults engaging in regular leisure time physical activity— Moderate for 150+ minutes/week or vigorous for 75+ minutes/week, 2020-2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2020 2022
Total
47.9
CI 47.1 / 48.6
SE 0.414
48.1
CI 47.3 / 48.9
SE 0.423