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group of the nation's leading health and aging organizations have
collaborated to produce a plan of action designed to ensure an increase
in physical activity among the country's rapidly growing population
of people age fifty or older.
Representatives from such organizations as AARP, the American College
of Sports Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, The National Institute on Aging, and
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have led the effort to create a
guide for use by organizations, associations and agencies to help
increase physical activity among older persons.
Those who created the Blueprint have adopted the following
as a mission statement:
We envision a society in which
all people age 50 and older enjoy health and quality of life, which
is enhanced through regular physical activity. We will inspire an
approach to aging that encourages physical activity in all aspects
of people's lives.
The Blueprint begins by providing background on health and
physical activity among older Americans. The Blueprint then
moves on to address both the barriers that inhibit the physical activity
of this age group and the means to overcome such obstacles—through
research, engineering, advocacy, publicy policy and medical systems.
Additional reading material:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's press
release:
http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_news_and_events/rw_new_media_article.jsp?id=988374524032
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