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Oct. 22, 2009
What's
New
- New Bill
Reinforces Importance of Regular Physical
Activity Guidelines
Updates
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As debate
continues over health system reform, a proposal
with vast preventive power is drawing widespread
support. Scientists, physicians, public health
experts and others have rallied in favor of the
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act
of 2009. The measure (bill S. 1810 in the Senate
and H.R. 3851 in the House), sponsored by
Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Senator Tom
Harkin (D-IA), provides that the Department of
Health and Human Services update federal
physical activity guidelines at least every five
years. [more…]
Take
action!
Regular
updates to the federal physical activity
guidelines would encourage Americans to get up
and active – and would ensure they have the most
accurate, scientifically up-to-date information
on physical activity. Helping Americans of all
ages and health status increase their physical
activity level can do much to cut health care
costs, improve individual quality of life and
boost productivity.
Please
support this bill by contacting your local
elected officials. Simply click here
to access the American
College of
Sports Medicine’s easy-to-use Action Alert,
featuring ready-to-send language for your local
representatives. |
Click here or
on the graphic above to view the 2008
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,
released by the U.S. Department of Health &
Human
Services. |
- American
Dietetic Association
Highlights
EIM at National
Conference
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As
part of Exercise is Medicine’s strategic goal to
educate allied health professionals how to give
appropriate advice on physical
activity, representatives from the American Dietetic
Association (ADA) and the American College of
Sports Medicine (ACSM)
collaborated to present a one-day
workshop at the ADA’s Food
& Nutrition Conference & Expo on Oct. 17 in Denver. The
sold-out workshop focused on helping clients
achieve the proper balance of nutrition and
physical activity. ACSM representatives
included Ed Howley, Ph.D., FACSM, Adrian Hutber,
Ph.D., vice president of Exercise is Medicine,
and Richard Cotton, M.A., national director
of certification for ACSM, who spoke
about the initiative and the role of dieticians
in promoting physical activity.
Exercise is Medicine
founding partner Coca-Cola also highlighted
the initiative with the opportunity to educate
conference participants on the benefits of
physical activity through presence at its
exposition
booth. |
Representatives for
Exercise is Medicine answered
questions about the initiative
at the exhibit booth of founding
partner Coca-Cola. |
- EIM Flier
Series Provides Tips for Exercising with Health
Conditions
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Click
here or on the graphic above to view
and download the
Your
Prescription for Health
flier
series. |
Exercise is Medicine is proud to
announce the full release of the “Your
Prescription for Health” series, a collection of
fliers providing information and recommendations
for exercising safely with the 40 most common
chronic health conditions, such as arthritis,
multiple sclerosis and diabetes. The one-page
handouts, reviewed by leading health experts,
are highlighted as supplemental material in all
Exercise is Medicine action guides.
Exercise is Medicine encourages
health care providers and fitness professionals
to recommend the fliers to patients or clients
during visits. Click
here to download the Your
Prescription for Health
series. |
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Reminder:
World Congress Abstracts Due Monday, Nov. 2
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The
American
College of
Sports Medicine (ACSM) program
committee is now accepting scientific abstract
and clinical case submissions for the 2010 ACSM Annual
Meeting and the inaugural
World Congress on
Exercise is Medicine.
Showcase your scientific
research on an international stage at the 57th
Annual Meeting and the World Congress. Free
communications, presented in slide and poster
format, provide the major vehicle for "new"
information exchange at these meetings.
Each person may submit and
be first author on one scientific and one
clinical case abstract for the Annual Meeting,
and one scientific abstract for the World
Congress on Exercise is Medicine.
Abstracts are published in the
May 2010 Supplement to ACSM's official journal,
Medicine
& Science in Sports &
Exercise®.
Submission deadline: Monday, Nov. 2,
2009
Please contact the ACSM
education department at lcooper@acsm.org
with
questions. |
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