Abstract
In the U.S. the Healthy People policy has been promoted as a core health-related policy. In order to assist Healthy People, some important reports were published from the second half of the 1990s to 2001, such as the Surgeon General Reports in 1996 and 2001, CDC Guidelines for School and Community Programs Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity in 2000, and a report to the President from the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, also in 2000. It is clearly described in these reports that not only public resources, but also those from private sectors, should be utilized to implement those policies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and study the fitness industry activities in the U.S. including: 1) its political activities 2) its lobbing activity partners 3) recent bills supported by the industry. The following are the findings:1) There are two lobbyists working for the industry in Washington. There are four types of fund to assist the political/lobbing activities, such as IHRSA Fund, Independent Club Council (ICC), Industry Leadership Council (ILC) and Political Action Committee (PAC).2) There are three significant lobbing partners. They are the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA), Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) and National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).3) There are three laws in the health-related area. They are the Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act (HR873), Obesity Prevention Act (HR2227) and Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity (IMPACT) Act (HR716, S1172). In the health insurance area, there are two laws, which are the House Concurrent Resolution 34, Insurance company (HRC34) and Small Business Health Fairness Act (HR660). In the tax-related area, there are twoof them. They are the Workforce Health Improvement Provision (WHIP) (HR1818, S1491) and the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act (HR8, S169). In aother category, there is one law called the ADA Notification Act (HR728).
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