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January 2022

Equity and Enhanced Individual and Community Resilience Are Integral to a Meaningful Recovery

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Health and well-being are essential to individual and community resilience and thriving. Promoting enhanced individual and community resilience is foundational to equitable long-term recovery and resilience for the nation. It is also central to ODPHP’s mission of encouraging all Americans to lead healthy and active lives.

Reaching Kids Where They Are — Classroom-Based Interventions to Increase Physical Activity

In this post, the author describes recommendations from the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) for classroom- and school-based interventions to increase physical activity.

Announcing the Newly Selected Members of the 2022 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board!

Today, ODPHP is excited to announce the members of the 2022 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board. This group of scientific experts will help support the development of the Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report on older adults. The members of the 2022 President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board are: Barbara J...

National Clinical Care Commission Issues Final Report on Improving Diabetes Prevention and Treatment

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The National Clinical Care Commission, a federal advisory committee, has released its final report outlining evidence-based, actionable recommendations to improve federal diabetes awareness, prevention, and treatment programs.