President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition

During the 1940s, the American Medical Association and the National Committee on Physical Fitness had a joint committee encouraging physical fitness.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ACBMAAAAYAAJ Journal of Health and Physical Education]. 1944 p. 500, Archived at Google Books.

The President's Council on Youth Fitness was founded on July 16, 1956, to encourage American children.{{cite web |title=The Federal Government Takes on Physical Fitness |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/physical-fitness |website=JFK Presidential Library and Museum |publisher=JFK library.org |date=August 2018}}

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 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.{{cite news |last1=Maldonado |first1=Jim |title=Recreation Centers Needed in Cities |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64189688/the-santa-fe-new-mexican/ |access-date=28 November 2020 |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |date=June 2, 1968 |page=B2}}

In 1972, the Presidential Sports Award Program was created.{{cite web|title=Illinois Parks & Recreation, Volume 26, 3 |url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1995/ip950535.html#:~:text=The%20challenge%20of%20the%20Presidential,the%20challenge%20of%20personal%20fitness. |date=May–June 1995}}

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.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

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.[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-presidents-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition Executive Order – President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208110348/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-presidents-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition |date=2017-02-08 }}, White House press release, June 23, 2010. 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.[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/michelle-obama-jumps-rope-emphasizes-nutrition-/1 "Michelle Obama jumps rope, emphasizes nutrition"], USA Today, June 24, 2010.[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/first-lady-launches-president-s-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition "First Lady Launches President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216153520/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/first-lady-launches-president-s-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition |date=2017-02-16 }}, White House press release, June 23, 2010.

On January 11, 2012, operators of the website 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.{{cite web|last=Tau|first=Bryon|title=Let's Move-affiliated website hacked|url=http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/lets-moveaffiliated-website-hacked-111532.html|work=Politico|access-date=January 19, 2012|date=January 19, 2012}} The President's Challenge site displayed a notice that it was down for "Site Maintenance – We're taking a little breather."{{cite web|title=Site Maintenance|url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/maintenance/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113022659/http://www.presidentschallenge.org/maintenance/index.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2012|publisher=The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition|access-date=January 19, 2012}} On January 20, 2012, the site was modified to explain the hacking.{{cite web|title=We apologize for the site maintenance. We will be back up soon.|url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/maintenance/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113022659/http://www.presidentschallenge.org/maintenance/index.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2012|publisher=The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition|access-date=January 20, 2012}} On January 27, 2012, The President's Challenge sent out emails to its participants saying that the website was functional as of January 24, 2012, and asked participants to reset their user passwords.{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/account/security.php|title=Important Security Information}}{{Cite web| url=http://www.facebook.com/preschal | title=The President's Challenge | website=Facebook | access-date=2012-05-13 | archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120513190541/http://www.facebook.com/preschal | archive-date=2012-05-13 | url-status=bot: unknown}}

File:PCPFSChairmanGeorgeAllen-81-87.jpg served as chairman from 1981 to 1988.]]

• Bud Wilkinson (chairman) 1961–1963
• Stan Musial Consultant 1964–1967
• Jim Lovell (chairman) 1969–1977
• Jerry Apodaca (chairman) 1978–1980
• George Allen (chairman) 1981–1988
• Dick Kazmaier (chairman) 1988–1989
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (chairman) 1990–1993
• Florence Griffith Joyner (co-chair) 1993–1998
• Tom McMillen (co-chair) 1993–1997
• Lee Haney (chairman) 1999–2002
• Lynn Swann (chairman) 2002–2005
• Denise Austin 2002–2009
• Drew Brees (co-chair) 2010{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
• Dominique Dawes (co-chair) 2010{{Cite web |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/michelle-obama-jumps-rope-emphasizes-nutrition-/1 |title=Michelle Obama jumps rope, emphasizes nutrition |last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |date=June 24, 2010 |website=USATODAY.COM |access-date=February 20, 2019}}[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/first-lady-launches-president-s-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition "First Lady Launches President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216153520/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/first-lady-launches-president-s-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition |date=February 16, 2017 }}, White House press release, June 23, 2010.
• Lou Ferrigno 2018
• Misty May-Treanor (co-chair) 2019
• Mariano Rivera (co-chair) 2019
• Herschel Walker (co-chair) 2019-2020{{cite web |title=Meet the Council |url=https://www.hhs.gov/fitness/meet-the-council/index.html |website=HHS |publisher=HHS.gov |access-date=19 September 2019}}
• Jose Andres (co-chair) 2022-2025{{Cite news |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=2025-01-21 |title=Trump fires Mark Milley and José Andrés amid plans for mass purge of Biden administration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/trump-fires-mark-milley-jose-andres |access-date=2025-01-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

The current co-chair of the council is Elena Delle Donne, serving since March 23, 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://odphp.health.gov/pcsfn/council-members|title=Council Members | odphp.health.gov|website=odphp.health.gov}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/physical-fitness.shtml |title=Physical Fitness Awards |access-date=2013-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423075511/https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/physical-fitness.shtml |archive-date=2013-04-23 |url-status=dead }} Additionally, there is the Active Lifestyle Award for staying active{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/active-lifestyle.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423075505/https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/active-lifestyle.shtml|url-status=dead |title=Active Lifestyle Award|archivedate=April 23, 2013}} and the Presidential Champions Award for raising one's amount of activity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/presidential-champions/index.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423075527/https://www.presidentschallenge.org/celebrate/presidential-champions/index.shtml|url-status=dead |title=Presidential Champions Awards: Celebrate Your Achievements: The President's Challenge|archivedate=April 23, 2013|website=www.presidentschallenge.org}} The Champions awards ended on 30 June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.choosemyplate.gov/tools-supertracker|title=SuperTracker Discontinued June 30, 2018|date=3 April 2015|website=Choose MyPlate|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201171649/https://www.choosemyplate.gov/tools-supertracker|url-status=dead}} There is also a Community Leadership Award that is given out annually to 50 people or organizations for encouraging physical activity, fitness, and nutrition.{{Cite web|title=PCSFN Community Leadership Award {{!}} health.gov|url=https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/presidents-council/programs-awards/pcsfn-community-leadership-award#:~:text=The%20President%27s%20Council%20on%20Sports,related%20programs%20within%20a%20community.|access-date=2022-01-05|website=health.gov}}

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:{{cite web|url=https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/fitness/pdfs/50-year-anniversary-booklet.pdf |title=50 year anniversary booklet |website=www.hhs.gov |access-date=2019-06-10}}

• 50-yard dash
• 600-yard run
• Standing broad jump
• Pull-ups (boys)
• Flexed-arm hang (girls)
• Sit-ups
• Shuttle run
• Sit and reach

• The President's Challenge

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• {{Official website|http://www.fitness.gov/}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.hhs.gov/fitness/about-pcsfn/our-history/index.html|title=Our History|first=Fitness & Nutrition|last=President’s Council on Sports|date=20 July 2012|website=HHS.gov}}

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