Healthy People Program Is an Interesting System

Healthy People program is an interesting system of discussing national goals and objectives on the physical health of our society. Although sponsored, by the Federal Government, there is a lot of informative data that this organization uses. The purpose of this essay is to examine the objective of physical activity as described by the Healthy People 2020 agenda. The essay will specifically view this objective through the demographic of those who are economically disadvantage, or poor.

According to the Healthy People website, " more than 80% of adults do not meet the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities. Similarly, more than 80% of adolescents do not do enough aerobic physical activity to meet the guidelines for youth. Working together to meet Healthy People 2020 targets via a multidisciplinary approach is critical to increasing the levels of physical activity and improving health in the United States." In other words, Americans' tendency to stay inactive has negative benefits to the overall health or our society.

The poorer amongst in society are also the most unhealthy. There are many contributing factors to this fact but physical health plays an important role in living a healthy life and most be part of one's routine no matter what their economic status may be. Being poor should not be an excuse for being not physically fit. Obesity amongst poor people is very common which seems very backwards. Regardless, physical activity needs to be encouraged for everyone and at every socioeconomic level.

There are solutions to this problem and it is important to include these ideas in the discussion about how practical these fixes may be. A National Physical Activity Plan has been created by Healthy People 2020. According to their website, " The Plan is a comprehensive set of policies, programs, and initiatives that aim to increase physical activity in all segments of the American population. The Plan is the product of a private-public sector collaborative.

Hundreds of organizations are working together to change our communities in ways that will enable every American to be sufficiently physically active." The plan covers recommendations to several sectors of society including, business and industry, education, health care, mass media, public health and volunteer organizations. The plan appears to touch upon most of the mainstream threads of communication throughout the nation. Unfortunately I do not believe plans of this scale are very practical. Individual communities are composed of unique and specific environmental.