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American College of Sports Medicine
http://www.acsm.org
American Council on Exercise
http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/
CDC Measuring Activity Intensity
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/measuring/
CDC Physical Activity for Everyone
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/
FTC Weight Loss and Fitness Consumer Information
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/weight-loss-fitness
HelpGuide.org
http://www.helpguide.org/home-pages/exercise-fitness.htm
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability
http://www.nchpad.org
Exercise Videos for Seniors or People with a Disability/Chronic Illness
http://www.nchpad.org/351/2036/Exercise~Video~List
MedlinePlus (NIH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2008
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/
President’s Challenge
http://www.presidentschallenge.org
Shape Up America
http://www.shapeup.org
American Academy of Pediatrics
Healthy Children
www.healthychildren.org
CDC BAM! Body and Mind (Ages 9-13)
http://www.cdc.gov/bam/
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
CDC Strength Training for Older Adults
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/growingstronger/
Go4Life
Comprehensive exercise resource for Seniors
https://go4life.nia.nih.gov/
NIH SeniorHealth (Information and illustrations)
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseandphysicalactivityexercisestotry/