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American College of Sports Medicine<\/p>\nAmerican College of Sports Medicine<\/p>\n
INDIANAPOLIS, IN<\/strong> – For the last seven years, the American College of Sports Medicine\u2019s American Fitness Index\u00ae (AFI) program, with support from the Anthem Foundation, has published an annual data report highlighting key health and fitness measures for the country\u2019s 50 largest metropolitan areas. The AFI data report gives communities an opportunity to gauge and improve their residents\u2019 health, provide awareness and education to community leaders and inspire community action and advocacy based on scientific evidence. Today, the AFI program is releasing a groundbreaking trend report recapping five-year summary data for each city.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the first time ever, a health and fitness trend report has been created for each Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), documenting progress during the five-year period from 2009 to 2013,\u201d said Dr. Walt Thompson, chair of the ACSM American Fitness Index advisory board and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. As a tool, this report can be used to identify where to celebrate success, as well as what areas are in need of more attention.\u201d<\/p>\n As a complement to the annual AFI report, the data trend reports help arm cities with the data they need to make improvements. \u201cOur goal is to drive positive, healthy change in people\u2019s lives and in our communities,\u201d said Lance Chrisman, executive director of the Anthem Foundation. \u201cTo change the future, you have to understand where you\u2019ve been and where you are today. These reports paint a clearer picture of where cities stand in promoting healthy lifestyles.\u201d<\/p>\n The AFI Data Trend Report assesses 14 personal health indicators and 16 community health indicators. Examples of personal health indicators include percent of population that is physically active, currently smokes and have been diagnosed with diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Community health indicator examples include percent of population that uses public transportation, recreational area ratios, park-related expenditures and number of primary care providers. Target goals were included for each measure.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile improvements in community and built environment indicators are important investments, a notable change in the health of residents is expected to slowly, but surely, follow,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cAs we all strive for a healthier future, AFI recognizes the tremendous efforts that have gone into improving the health and well-being of residents, as well as community and environmental assets.\u201d <\/p>\n Your city\u2019s trend report is available here<\/a>. To help you understand the trend report, please view this document<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" INDIANAPOLIS, IN<\/strong> – For the last seven years, the American College of Sports Medicine\u2019s American Fitness Index\u00ae (AFI) program, with support from the Anthem Foundation, has published an annual data report highlighting key health and fitness measures for the country\u2019s 50 largest metropolitan areas. The AFI data report gives communities an opportunity to gauge and improve their residents\u2019 health, provide awareness and education to community leaders and inspire community action and advocacy based on scientific evidence. Today, the AFI program is releasing a groundbreaking trend report recapping five-year summary data for each city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[43,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}