The President has issued a proclamation that May is "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month." His statement said "Involvement in sports and recreational activities offer opportunities for young people to learn about teamwork, fair play, focus, and dedication. Exercise strengthens both body and mind, and maintaining good health can help prevent injury and disease. Americans of every age, background, and ability can weave activity into their daily habits to improve their mental and physical wellbeing." Check out the website Fitness.gov to learn how exercise can benefit everybody's health. Take the Adult Fitness Test at AdultFitnessTest.org and see if you can perform a few simple exercises to learn how physically fit you are. Finally, visit LetsMove.gov to learn more about helping children make healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity to correct the current epidemic of obesity.
May is also "Older Americans Month." The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends the following two websites for helpful resources to learn how to deal with aging and the problems and solutions that go with it: the Administration On Aging and OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women .
