President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition

The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN), is an American government organization that aims to "promote, encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sport." It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to June 2010, it was called the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

History

The President's Council on Youth Fitness was founded on July 16, 1956, to encourage American children to be healthy and active, after a study by Dr. Hans Kraus and Bonnie Prudden (nee Ruth Hirschland) indicated that American youths were less physically fit than European children, by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In 1963, President Kennedy changed the council's name to President's Council on Physical Fitness to reflect its role to serve all Americans.
In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, the name of which was later changed to President's Challenge Youth Physical Fitness Awards Program.
In 1968, the council's name was changed to President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to emphasize the importance of sports in life.
In 1972, the Presidential Sports Award Program was created.
In 1983, the United States Congress declared May as "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month".
In 1996, the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health was released. In 1997, the Council released its report on Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Boys.
In June 2010, President Barack Obama renamed the agency the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, with a new emphasis on nutrition as an element of fitness.^[1] First Lady Michelle Obama announced the new commission's goal "to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation" and also announced that the president had named, as the new co-chairs of the council, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes.^[2]^[3]
On January 11, 2012, operators of the Web site for participants of the Challenge and Active Lifestyle programs learned that the site had been hacked, resulting in the release of personal information of the participants.^[4] The President's Challenge site displayed a notice that it was down for "Site Maintenance – We're taking a little breather."^[5] On January 20, 2012, the site was modified to explain the hacking.^[6]
- On January 27, 2012, The President's Challenge sent out emails to its participants saying that the Web site was functional as of January 24, 2012, and asked participants to reset their user passwords.^[7]^[8]

Awards

The Council publishes guidelines for awards that are given out. They are the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, the National Physical Fitness Award, and the Participant Physical Fitness Award. However, it has been announced that the Physical Fitness Test on which these awards are based will no longer be available after the 2012–2013 school year.^[9] Additionally, there is the Active Lifestyle Award for staying active^[10] and the Presidential Champions Award for raising one's amount of activity.^[11]

Standardized tests

The award was given to students who achieved the top fifteenth percentile cumulative scores across these events and were based on age/gender and were taken by all participants. Pull ups/Flexed Arm hang was based on gender and was the only event where one was done by boys and the other by girls. :^[12]

50 yard dash
600 yard dash
Standing broad jump
Pull ups (Boys)
Flexed Arm Hang (Girls)
Sit ups
Shuttle Run

References

↑ Executive Order – President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, White House press release, June 23, 2010.
↑ "Michelle Obama jumps rope, emphasizes nutrition", USA Today, June 24, 2010.
↑ "First Lady Launches President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition", White House press release, June 23, 2010.
↑ Tau, Bryon (January 19, 2012). "Let's Move-affiliated website hacked". Politico. Politico.com. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
↑ "Site Maintenance". The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
↑ "We apologize for the site maintenance. We will be back up soon.". The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
↑ Important Security Information
↑ The President's Challenge Facebook page
↑ Physical Fitness Awards
↑ Active Lifestyle Award
↑ Presidential Champions Aware
↑ http://www.fitness.gov/pdfs/50-year-anniversary-booklet.pdf

External links

President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition official website

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States (1953–1961) Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952) Chief of Staff of the Army (1945–1948) Commander, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–1945)

Military career	Military career 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy Louisiana Maneuvers Operation Torch European Theater of Operations Allied invasion of Sicily Normandy landings Operation Veritable Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany Disarmed Enemy Forces European Advisory Commission Supreme Commander of NATO, 1951-1952

Presidency	Presidency 1953 inauguration 1957 inauguration Korean War Armistice 1953 Iranian coup d'état Chance for Peace speech Atoms for Peace speech Civil Rights Act of 1957 Cold War Domino theory Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization New Look policy 1955 Geneva Summit 1960 U-2 incident NASA DARPA National Defense Education Act Interstate Highway System Suez Crisis Eisenhower Doctrine Little Rock Nine intervention Operation 40 Farewell address / "Military–industrial complex" Office of Food for Peace President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports People to People Student Ambassador Program State of the Union Address (1955 1956 1960) Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court

Books	Crusade in Europe (1948)

Elections	Draft Eisenhower movement Republican Party presidential primaries, 1948 1952 1956 Republican National Convention, 1952 1956 United States Presidential election, 1952 1956

Legacy	Birthplace Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, gravesite Boyhood home Eisenhower National Historic Site Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Eisenhower Executive Office Building Eisenhower Fellowships Eisenhower Institute Eisenhower Monument Eisenhower dollar commemorative Postage stamps Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Eisenhower Medical Center Eisenhower Trophy Eisenhower Golf Club Eisenhower Theater Places named for Eisenhower Other tributes and memorials

Popular culture	Eisenhower jacket Eisenhower Tree Crusade in Europe (1949 television series) Ike (1979 miniseries) Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 film) Pressure (2014 play)

Family	Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (wife) Doud Eisenhower (son) John Eisenhower (son) David Eisenhower (grandson) Susan Eisenhower (granddaughter) Mary Jean Eisenhower (granddaughter) Jennie Eisenhower (great-granddaughter) Ida Elizabeth Stover (mother) David Jacob Eisenhower (father) Earl D. Eisenhower (brother) Edgar N. Eisenhower (brother) Milton S. Eisenhower (brother)

Related	Eisenhower baseball controversy Camp David "And I don't care what it is" Atoms for Peace Award Eddie Slovik Kay Summersby

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