Friday, May 12, 2006
Physical Activity Survey, 2006
http://www.aarp.org/research/health/healthquality/fitness_06.html
AARP Policy & Research
"The views of 1,011 age 18+ Americans about physical activity and exercise are the focus of this AARP survey which explores their perceptions of the benefits of exercise, personal exercise preferences, and past and present activity patterns."
AARP Policy & Research
"The views of 1,011 age 18+ Americans about physical activity and exercise are the focus of this AARP survey which explores their perceptions of the benefits of exercise, personal exercise preferences, and past and present activity patterns."
Guide to Federal Resources For Youth Development
http://www.americaspromise.org/partners/federal_funding_guidelines.pdf
America's Progress
"The Federal government offers literally billions of dollars to communities across the Nation to help young people reach their full potential. This Guide provides information on more than 100 priority programs that are available to communities and directly related to the five core resources of youth development."
America's Progress
"The Federal government offers literally billions of dollars to communities across the Nation to help young people reach their full potential. This Guide provides information on more than 100 priority programs that are available to communities and directly related to the five core resources of youth development."
Monday, May 08, 2006
Pandemic Readiness Study
http://www.amrresearch.com/research/reports/images/2006/0605AMR-A-19413.pdf
AMR Research
"To assess how companies are preparing for a major business disruption and its ramifications, AMR Research surveyed companies about their level of readiness for an avian flu pandemic. The data show roughly 43% of firms say they have a policy in place for assessing their risk in the event of a catastrophic event like a pandemic, meaning that nearly 60% do not have effective supply chain risk management policies in place."
AMR Research
"To assess how companies are preparing for a major business disruption and its ramifications, AMR Research surveyed companies about their level of readiness for an avian flu pandemic. The data show roughly 43% of firms say they have a policy in place for assessing their risk in the event of a catastrophic event like a pandemic, meaning that nearly 60% do not have effective supply chain risk management policies in place."
the Shape of the Nation
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/ShapeOfTheNation/
National Association for Sport and Physical Education, American Heart Association
"Despite skyrocketing childhood obesity rates and calls from Congress, the Surgeon General and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for high quality daily physical education programs, most states receive a failing grade on their physical education requirements. Those are the findings of the latest Shape of theNation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA, released today by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association (AHA)."
National Association for Sport and Physical Education, American Heart Association
"Despite skyrocketing childhood obesity rates and calls from Congress, the Surgeon General and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for high quality daily physical education programs, most states receive a failing grade on their physical education requirements. Those are the findings of the latest Shape of theNation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA, released today by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association (AHA)."
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Chilhood Obesity and Marketing
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/05/PerspectivesOnMarketingSelf-Regulation&ChildhoodObesityFTCandHHSReportonJointWorkshop.pdf
FTC & HHS
"The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services released a report recommending concrete steps that industry can take to change their marketing and other practices to make progress against childhood obesity."
FTC & HHS
"The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services released a report recommending concrete steps that industry can take to change their marketing and other practices to make progress against childhood obesity."
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/pandemic-influenza.html
Whitehouse.gov
"The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza presents our approach to address the threat of pandemic influenza, whether it results from the strain currently in birds in Asia or another influenza virus. It outlines how we intend to prepare, detect, and respond to a pandemic. It also outlines the important roles to be played not only by the Federal government, but also by State and local governments, private industry, our international partners, and most importantly individual citizens, including you and your families."
Whitehouse.gov
"The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza presents our approach to address the threat of pandemic influenza, whether it results from the strain currently in birds in Asia or another influenza virus. It outlines how we intend to prepare, detect, and respond to a pandemic. It also outlines the important roles to be played not only by the Federal government, but also by State and local governments, private industry, our international partners, and most importantly individual citizens, including you and your families."
