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Adolescents
(The International Consensus Conference on Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents, Sallis et al., 1994)

  • All adolescents should be physically active daily, or nearly every day, as part of play, games, sports, work, transportation, recreation, physical education, or planned exercise, in the context of family, school, and community activities.

  • Adolescents should engage in three or more sessions per week of activities that last 20 minutes or more at a time and that require moderate to vigorous levels of exertion.