Since 1995 the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, recommendation has been that adults obtain at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on 5 or more days a week, for a total of at least 150 minutes a week. This was reiterated in the most recent physical activity guidelines set forth in 2008 by the federal government. However, the CDC /ACSM recommendation was too specific; thus, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans was slightly modified. In other words, existing scientific evidence does not allow researchers to say, for example, whether the health benefits of 30 minutes on 5 days a week are any different from the health benefits of 50 minutes on 3 days a week. As a result, the new guidelines allow a person to accumulate 150 minutes a week in various ways.
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