Putting Physical Activity into Public Health: A Historical Perspective from the CDC

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Putting Physical Activity into Public Health: A Historical Perspective from the CDC

October 2009
October, 2009
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Pratt, M., Epping, J.N., & Dietz, W.H. (2009). Putting Physical Activity into Public Health: A Historical Perspective from the CDC. Preventive Medicine, 49(4), 301-302.

This commentary reviews the role that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has played since 1964 in moving science, policy, and practice from exercise and fitness to physical activity and health.

 

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