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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 muscle-strengthening activity — PA‑04

Status: Little or no detectable change

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

Target:
36.6 percent 1  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
31.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over performed muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days of the week during leisure time in 2020 2 *

*  Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Increase the proportion of adults who meet the current muscle-strengthening activity guideline

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

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Summary

Adults who do muscle-strengthening activities at least 2 days a week get important health benefits. Individually adapted health behavior change programs can help people do more muscle-strengthening activities.

Topic:  Physical Activity

Workgroup: Physical Activity Workgroup

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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.