[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7391-7392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03788]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Solicitation of Written Comments To Inform Development of a 
National Youth Sports Strategy

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) solicits 
written comments from the public on specific topics and questions that 
will inform the development of the National Youth Sports Strategy.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. E.T. on 
April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Written public comments will be accepted via email. 
Instructions for submitting comments are available on the internet at 
https://fitness.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina L. Piercy, Ph.D., R.D., Office 
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 
LL-100; Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone: (240) 453-8280. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 13824 directs the 
development of a National Strategy on Youth Sports and outlines the key 
pillars that the strategy will address. The Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion and the President's Council on Sports, 
Fitness & Nutrition are leading the development of this strategy.

Key Pillars of Youth Sports Strategy

    1. Increase awareness of the benefits of participation in sports 
and regular physical activity, as well as the importance of good 
nutrition;
    2. Promote private and public sector strategies to increase 
participation in sports, encourage regular physical activity, and 
improve nutrition;
    3. Develop metrics that gauge youth sports participation and 
physical activity to inform efforts that will

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improve participation in sports and regular physical activity among 
young Americans; and
    4. Establish a national and local strategy to recruit volunteers 
who will encourage and support youth participation in sports and 
regular physical activity, through coaching, mentoring, teaching, or 
administering athletic and nutritional programs.
    Written Public Comments: Written comments to inform the development 
of the strategy are encouraged from the public and will be accepted via 
email until 11:59 p.m. E.T. April 1, 2019. Instructions for submitting 
comments are available at https://fitness.gov. HHS requests that 
commenters respond to the questions posed on https://fitness.gov. A 
subsequent public comment period will open this summer to provide 
comments on the draft strategy report.

    Dated: February 19, 2019.
Donald Wright,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion.
[FR Doc. 2019-03788 Filed 3-1-19; 8:45 am]
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