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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

October 2021

Looking Back and Moving Forward: Elevating Youth Sports in a Changing World

Posted on October 18, 2021 by ODPHP

It has been a little over a year since our office launched the National Youth Sports Strategy Champions (NYSS Champions) partnership initiative at the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Annual Meeting in September 2020. NYSS Champions are recognized for their work promoting youth sports participation and supporting the vision of the National Youth Sports Strategy: that one day all youth will have the opportunity, motivation, and access to play sports. Today, we celebrate and thank the 167 organizations that are part of the network.

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Physical Activity, National Youth Sports Strategy

Health and Well-Being Begin with Health Literacy

Posted on October 12, 2021 by ODPHP

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Access to easy-to-understand, relatable, and actionable information encourages individuals to be proactive in seeking to improve and maintain their health. While striving to be healthy and understanding what it takes to be healthy are not the same thing, the root of healthy living is an adequate baseline of usable knowledge – what we refer to as health literacy. Improving our mindfulness of this, as health professionals and lay persons, is a good start toward more effective communication and perhaps better health and well-being.

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health.gov Blog, Spotlight
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Health Literacy, ODPHP Director