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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 Data

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  *

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  *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Adults performing leisure time muscle-strengthening activities 2+ days/week, 2020-2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2020 2022
Total
31.9
CI 31.2 / 32.6
SE 0.397
31.5
CI 30.8 / 32.2
SE 0.388