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QuickStats: Percentage* of Adults Aged ≥25 Years† Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity,§ by Educational Attainment — United States, 2022
Weekly / June 6, 2024 / 73(22);521
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* Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population, with 95% CIs indicated by error bars.
† Data are not shown when age is missing.
§ Per U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition (https://health.gov/paguidelines). The aerobic physical activity guideline was met if the respondent reported engaging in ≥150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or ≥75 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination. The muscle-strengthening guideline was met if the respondent reported performing muscle-strengthening activities on ≥2 days per week.
In 2022, 22.5% of adults met federal guidelines for both muscle-strengthening and aerobic physical activity. The percentage of adults who met these guidelines increased with increasing educational attainment, from 12.2% among adults who completed high school or less to 33.6% among those with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Supplementary Table: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/155046
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm
Reported by: Gelila Haile, MPH, [email protected]; Benjamin Zablotsky, PhD.
For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity-basics/benefits/index.html
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥25 Years Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity, by Educational Attainment — United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:521. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7322a3.
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