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Additional Resources:
The President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports: http://fitness.gov
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity: www.ncppa.org
American Council on Exercise: www.acefitness.org
Stanford Center on Longevity: http://longevity3.stanford.edu
The Arthritis Foundation: www.arthritis.org
Just Move, American Heart Association: www.justmove.org
American Senior Fitness Association: www.seniorfitness.net
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health: www.nia.nih.gov
Johns Hopkins Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: www.alzresearch.org/
Alzheimer’s Association: http://www.alz.org/
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
