Presidents Council on Youth Fitness
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition was officially named what from Jul 1955 to 1963?
Presidents Council on Sports , Fitness , and Nutrition The Presidents Council on Sports , Fitness and Nutrition ( PCSFN ) is an American government organization that aims to promote , encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports . It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science , an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services . Prior to June 2010 , it was called the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports . History . During the 1940s , the American Medical Association and the National Committee on Physical Fitness had a joint committee encouraging physical fitness . The Presidents Council on Youth Fitness was founded on July 16 , 1956 , to encourage American children . In 1963 , President Kennedy changed the councils name to Presidents Council on Physical Fitness to reflect its role to serve all Americans . In 1966 , President Lyndon B . Johnson created the Presidential Physical Fitness Award , the name of which was later changed to Presidents Challenge Youth Physical Fitness Awards Program . In 1968 , the councils name was changed to Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to emphasize the importance of sports in life . In 1972 , the Presidential Sports Award Program was created . In 1983 , the United States Congress declared May as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month . In 1996 , the Surgeon Generals 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 . In June 2010 , President Barack Obama renamed the agency the Presidents Council on Fitness , Sports and Nutrition , with a new emphasis on nutrition as an element of fitness . First Lady Michelle Obama announced the new commissions 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 . 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 . The Presidents Challenge site displayed a notice that it was down for Site Maintenance – Were taking a little breather . On January 20 , 2012 , the site was modified to explain the hacking . On January 27 , 2012 , The Presidents 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 . Past chairmen . - 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 - Lynn Swann chairman 2002–2005 - Denise Austin 2002–2009 - Drew Brees ( co-chair ) 2010 - Dominique Dawes ( co-chair ) 2010 . - Lou Ferrigno 2018 - Misty May-Treanor ( co-chair ) 2019 - Mariano Rivera ( co-chair ) 2019 - Herschel Walker ( co-chair ) 2019 Awards . 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 . Additionally , there is the Active Lifestyle Award for staying active and the Presidential Champions Award for raising ones amount of activity . The Champions awards ended on 30 June 2018 . Standardized tests . 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 : - 50-yard dash - 600-yard run - Standing broad jump - Pull-ups ( boys ) - Flexed-arm hang ( girls ) - Sit-ups - Shuttle run