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Health Behaviors of Adults: United States, 2008-2010

Categories: Alcohol/Drug Abuse,Athletics/Exercise,Headlines,Health/Medical,Smoking/Tobacco,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_257.pdf

 

Covers alcohol use, cigarette smoking, leisure-time physical activity, body mass index, and sleep among U.S. adults to monitor the prevalence of key health behaviors.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

 

Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives

Categories: Athletics/Exercise,History,Recreation/Travel

http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/baseball-the-national-pastime-in-the-national-archives.epub

Tells the story of baseball through documents, photographs, audio, video, and other records preserved at the National Archives.  For iPhone, Android, Nook, SONY reader and  other devices.  iPad version also available. From the National Archives and Records Administration

 

Strategies to Prevent Weight Gain Among Adults

Categories: Athletics/Exercise,Consumer Info/Protection,Health/Medical

http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/317/1441/Weight-Gain-Prevention-130325.pdf

Compares effectiveness, safety, and impact on quality of life of strategies to prevent weight gain among adults as described in the literature; concludes the literature provides only limited evidence about approaches that may prevent weight gain.  From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

 

Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the January-September 2012 National Health Interview Survey

Categories: Athletics/Exercise,Health Insurance,Health/Medical,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/earlyrelease201303.pdf

Updates estimates for 15 selected health measures including diabetes, asthma, immunization, obesity, physical activity, health insurance, medical care use, access to care, and health status.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

 

Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview

Categories: Athletics/Exercise,Civil/Human Rights,Education-Higher,Laws/Regulations,Women

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31709.pdf

Provides an overview of Title IX in general and the intercollegiate athletics regulations in particular, as well as a summary, as well as a summary of a 2003 study commission report on the matter.  Also covers legal challenges to the regulations.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Categories: Animals/Wildlife,Athletics/Exercise,Business/Economics,Natural Resources,Recreation/Travel,Statistics

http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/fhw11-nat.pdf

Latest in a series of five year reports on outdoors recreation, such as fishing, hunting, and wildlife w atching, the number of participants, and the economic impact.  Reports that nearly 38% of Americans participated in wildlife-related recreation in 2011, an increase of 2.6 million participants from the 2006 survey.    From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Census Bureau

 

Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the January – June 2012 National Health Interview Survey

Categories: Alcohol/Drug Abuse,Athletics/Exercise,Health Insurance,Health/Medical,Mental Health,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/earlyrelease201212.pdf

Updates estimates for 15 selected health measures including health insurance, availability of medical care, obesity, vaccination, smoking and alcohol consumption, psychological distress, and more.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

 

Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the January-March 2012 National Health Interview Survey

Categories: Alcohol/Drug Abuse,Athletics/Exercise,Health Insurance,Health/Medical,Mental Health,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/earlyrelease201209.pdf

Updates estimates for 15 selected health measures including health insurance, availability of medical care, obesity, vaccination, smoking and alcohol consumption, psychological distress and more.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

 

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