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GET ACTIVE. GET HEALTHY.
NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM PROJECT: 11 YEARS WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE STUDENT HEALTH AND FITNESS
Over a decade ago, the NFL Foundation partnered with The Cooper Institute on the NFL PLAY 60 FitnessGram Project, bringing together the nationally recognized NFL PLAY 60 program with the scientific validity of FitnessGram.
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This project is the largest and most ambitious school-based fitness research initiative to date with over 1,000 schools and after-school programs actively enrolled.
BUILDING A HEALTHIER GENERATION WELL. INTO THE FUTURE
2019 Legacy Award Recipient
Charlotte Jones Anderson receives the 2019 Legacy Award on behalf of the NFL Foundation.
As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, the NFL Foundation rises to the top as one of the few organizations willing to tackle the problem on a large scale.
NFL PLAY 60 encourages kids to get physically active for at least 60 minutes a day. Since its launch in 2007 with American Heart Association, the NFL and its clubs have supported programs in over 73,000 schools, giving more than 38 million children an opportunity to boost their activity levels and improve their overall health.
Supporting programs like Fuel Up to Play 60, a partnership between the NFL and the National Dairy Council, add nutrition education to round out the health and wellness program.
IT’S A FACT.
Research from the NFL PLAY 60 FitnessGram Project proves that students who participate in school-based fitness initiatives like NFL PLAY 60 have:
x Improved cardio fitness
x Healthier body weight
NFL PLAY 60 is the only school-based youth fitness program proven effective through research from The Cooper institute.
Each of the 32 NFL teams select schools to participate in the project, which uses FitnessGram by The Cooper Institute to accurately measure and track the overall fitness levels of students.
Greater participation in school-based fitness programs like NFL PLAY 60 can improve the health of American children and build habits they can carry with them into adulthood where poor health is driving up the cost of healthcare and driving down productivity. We must expand this program and continue our research to win the battle against childhood obesity.
