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Percentage of High School Students Not Meeting Recommended Physical Activity Level, 2007

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 % High School Students Not Meeting Recommended Physical Activity Level
United States65%
AlabamaNA
Alaska58%
Arizona68%
Arkansas58%
CaliforniaNA
ColoradoNA
Connecticut55%
Delaware60%
District of Columbia70%
Florida62%
Georgia56%
Hawaii66%
Idaho53%
Illinois57%
Indiana56%
Iowa50%
Kansas55%
Kentucky67%
LouisianaNA
Maine57%
Maryland69%
Massachusetts59%
Michigan56%
MinnesotaNA
Mississippi64%
Missouri57%
Montana55%
NebraskaNA
Nevada54%
New Hampshire53%
New JerseyNA
New Mexico56%
New York62%
North Carolina56%
North Dakota52%
Ohio55%
Oklahoma50%
OregonNA
PennsylvaniaNA
Rhode Island58%
South Carolina62%
South Dakota56%
Tennessee58%
Texas55%
Utah53%
Vermont52%
VirginiaNA
WashingtonNA
West Virginia57%
Wisconsin62%
Wyoming52%
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Data reflect the percentage of high school students who were not physically active doing any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate and made them breathe hard some of the time for a total of at least 60 minutes a day on 5 or more days during the 7 days before the survey.

For further information on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services physical activity guidelines for Americans see http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/default.aspx.

Sources: 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance- United States, 2007," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 57, no. SS-4 (2008). Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm



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