Updated Physical Activity Guidelines Released Today

More victories for the experts...

"The recommendations are an update and clarification of the 1995 recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ACSM on the types and amounts of physical activity needed by healthy adults to improve and maintain health. The intent is to provide a more comprehensive and explicit public health recommendation for adults based upon available evidence of the health benefits of physical activity."

Here is what is "more comprehensive and explicit."

"The core recommendation remains fundamentally unchanged despite more than 10 years passing since it was issued. New science has been evaluated..."

"...fundamentally unchanged despite" utter failure to make a positive difference over the past 12 years.

Thank God for "new science."

"The updated recommendation for adults is improved in several ways.

1. Moderate-intensity physical activity has been clarified.
The 1995 document specified "most, preferably all days per week" as the recommended frequency while the new recommendation identifies five days per week as the recommended minimum."

Big improvement.

By the way, number of days per week bears no relationship to intensity. Duh.

Here's another improvement:

"8. Wording has been clarified.
Minor wording changes in the recommendation have been made to enhance clarity in communications. For example, the term "aerobic," or endurance, has been added to clarify the type of physical activity being recommended and to differentiate it from muscle-strengthening exercises, which are now part of the core recommendation.

The updates also provide a clearer sketch of what combinations of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity can be performed to meet this recommendation. Moderate-intensity aerobic activity is described as generally equivalent to a brisk walk, or activity that noticeably accelerates the heart rate."

All uncertainty removed. What could be clearer than "brisk" or "noticeably accelerates"?

The thing is full of this drivel.

Read it all. And weep. It is your tax dollars.