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Lift Off! 10-Minute Physical Activity Breaks

 

Stay active every day with Physical Activity (PA) breaks at work. Create a healthier lifestyle and reduce chronic disease with these 10-Minute Physical Activity Breaks.

There is growing evidence to support the feasibility and efficacy of integrating brief bouts of structured exercise into daily organizational routine.  We hope that you will identify opportunities in your workplace and other organizations with which you're affiliated to integrate these breaks into daily routines. 

We invite you to access and share the following Lift Off! related materials:

  1. Lift Off! Overview - view
  2. Lift Off! Leader Trainings - view
  3. Leader Training Agenda - view
  4. Evidence of success - view
  5. Physical Activity Log - view
  6. Common Barriers to Physical Activity and Tips - view
  7. Benefits and Basics of Physical Activity - view
  8. Chronic Disease and Physical Activity - view
  9. Abstract for REACH US Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Health Disparities: Community Action to Address Chronic Disease Disparities  - view
  10. Newspaper Article: "All It Takes is 10"  - view
  11. CA5aday Report: "Fruits and Vegetables and Physical Activity at the Worksite" - view
  12. CDC Best Practices Report - view
  13. Preventive Medicine - Special Issue: Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding - Prioritizing Physical Activity Promotion: A Public Health Imperative - view
  14. Instant Recess User Guide - view
  15. FriarFit Photo Guide - view
  16. SPARKing Motion Photo Guide - view
  17. Tutti Fruitti Photo Guide - view
  18. Article: The Meta-Volition Model: Organizational Leadership Is the Key Ingredient in Getting Society Moving, Literally!  - view
  19. Article: "Live, Learn and Play" Building Strategic Alliances Between Professional Sports and Public Health  - view

The California Endowment Activity Matters for Kids Policy Briefs:

Physical Education Matters - January, 2007

Failing Fitness: Physical Activity and Physical Education in Schools - January, 2007

Links to complete articles in the growing evidence base:

Building Capacity to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease in Underserved Communities: Expanding the Wisdom of WISEWOMAN in Intervening at the Environmental Level.
Yancey. JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HEALTH, 13(5), 2004.

Ethnic and Sex Variations in Overweight Selfperception: Relationship to Sedentariness.
Yancey,Simon,McCarthy,Lightstone, and Fielding. Obesity14(6), 2006.

Leading by Example: A Local Health Department - Community Collaboration to Encorporate Physical Activity into Organizational Practice.
Yancey, Lewis, Sloane, Jones Guinyard, Diamant, Nacimento,McCarthy.  J Public Health Management and Practice 10(2), 2004, 116-123.

The Los Angeles Lift Off: a sociocultural environmental change intervention to integrate physical activity into the workplace.
Yancey, McCarthy, Taylor, Merlo, Gewa, Weber and Fielding, Preventive Medicine 38, 2004 848– 856.

Putting Promotion Into Practice: The African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Organizational Wellness Program.
Yancey, Lewis, Jones Guinyard, Sloane, Miller Nascimento, Galloway-Gilliam, Diamant, McCarthy Health Promotion Practice 7(3), 2006. 233S-264S.

 

 

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