Healthy Student Campaign Analysis

College to today 's youth is a very exciting time. It 's now the time where young adults start to take on full responsibility for their lives, and all the many changes that are happening as they begin their college career. One major responsibility many students seem to negligent when entering college is their health, especially in the case of diet and exercise. On today 's college campuses food is everywhere, but the opportunities for exercise are few. With recent increases in college enrollment in today 's society, college students have become one of the most vital and influential parts of the population. Many of what students learn in college become part of their core lifestyle choices later on in life. Many students do not take full advantage of their college 's resources when it comes to gaining more physical activity. With today 's new leading initiatives in physical

(2013) Many of the sedentary and lack of physical activity among college students can also stem from the lack of awareness. In 2007 the Healthy People initiative started a sister campaign known as Healthy Campus. The main focus of Healthy Campus was to help improve the health of staff, students, and faculty on campuses nationwide. Healthy Campus 2020 deals with a lot of areas concerning college campuses mental and physical health. In terms of physical activity, Healthy Campus promotes the increase in the number of students who participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Their target range for this goal is 53.5% with a 10% improvement from the previous year. ("Student Objectives", 2016) Another major resource in boosting physical activity on campuses is a lot of the campuses own personal resources. Many college campuses have gyms built for both student-athletes as well as non-athlete students. Another initiative started on many colleges is the requirement for physical education credits prior to graduation. Now before students graduate they must have taken at least 1 physical