This will be an annual ranking to help inspire everyone to champion more daily physical activity opportunities for today s youth.

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2 Background and Need for Action The CDC recommends that children get 60 minutes of physical activity a day, yet most children typically get less than 20 minutes. This is also reinforced by the recent White House Presidential Proclamation National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, May 2016 and the 2016 US National Physical Activity Plan. The growing prevalence of technology and screen time has contributed to children leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles, and yet research proves that movement is essential for kids healthy development. GoNoodle is the leading provider of online movement videos and games that get kids moving with moderate to vigorous physical activity breaks at school and at home. During the school year, more than 10 million elementary-age kids generated over 3 billion minutes of physical activity using GoNoodle in typically sedentary environments like classrooms and living rooms across all 50 states and in the top 200 US cities. Using GoNoodle s real-time capture of minutes of physical activity, the Kids Movement Index was created to help better understand how turning sedentary environments into active spaces positively impacts kids minutes of movement. Kids Movement Index The Kids Movement Index uses minutes of physical activity to rank the top US states and cities (Core Based Statistical Areas - CBSAs) where elementary school age children engaged in the most physical activity through GoNoodle during the school year. The index shows real progress in how teachers and parents are getting kids to incorporate minutes of movement into places not typically thought of as active spaces. This will be an annual ranking to help inspire everyone to champion more daily physical activity opportunities for today s youth. Methodology To create the Kids Movement Index, we calculated the total minutes of kids movement on GoNoodle from August 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016 (much of the school year). Total minutes of movement is calculated as the amount of time GoNoodle is played in the classroom or at home per kid in a specific geographic area then divided by elementary-age kids population according to the National Center for Education Statistics for that given area; all data is in the aggregate and de-identified. Listed below is a ranking of all 50 states, as well as a ranking of the top 10 metro areas (CBSAs) in three size categories: large, mid-size and small, based on their elementary student population. Data Findings: Top 5 Cities and States Arkansas, North Dakota, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee are the top five states and Austin, Louisville, Nashville, Oklahoma City and Minneapolis are the top five large cities, as measured by minutes of physical activity per population of elementary-age kids for the school year. View graphics/visuals for the Kids Movement Index 2016 here: 2

3 Kids Movement Index: State Rankings Rank State Minutes Kid Population* Index (Min/Kid) 1 Arkansas 68,298, , North Dakota 13,077,426 58, Kentucky 81,350, , South Carolina 84,198, , Tennessee 112,128, , Nebraska 35,593, , Minnesota 87,926, , West Virginia 28,467, , Delaware 14,458,497 80, Missouri 96,648, , Kansas 46,069, , Oklahoma 67,963, , Maryland 84,745, , Georgia 151,625, , Colorado 78,467, , North Carolina 127,394, , Wyoming 7,514,999 49, Michigan 123,099, , Wisconsin 74,843, , Indiana 83,214, , Vermont 7,428,256 54, Louisiana 65,621, , Nevada 31,134, , Texas 372,627,535 2,887, District of Columbia 7,547,512 58, Virginia 90,807, ,

4 Rank State Minutes Kid Population* Index (Min/Kid) 27 Iowa 35,169, , Connecticut 38,110, , South Dakota 9,110,786 74, Oregon 37,104, , Florida 184,754,398 1,583, Ohio 117,877,390 1,045, Idaho 17,950, , Illinois 140,931,047 1,280, Maine 11,013, , New Hampshire 10,428, , Alaska 8,917,104 86, California 354,374,070 3,652, Mississippi 29,386, , Montana 7,743,330 80, Pennsylvania 101,017,112 1,066, Washington 53,340, , New Jersey 73,273, , New York 144,582,693 1,642, Rhode Island 7,300,380 83, Massachusetts 45,129, , Arizona 56,095, , Utah 28,893, , Alabama 32,165, , New Mexico 12,423, , Hawaii 8,556, ,

5 Kids Movement Index: City Rankings Large Cities Rank Cities with kid populations more than 100,000 Minutes Kid Population* Index (Min/Kid) 1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 51,098, , Louisville-Jefferson County 28,887, , Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN 34,628, , Oklahoma City, OK 28,242, , Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 58,186, , Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 135,961, , Baltimore-Towson, MD 42,124, , St. Louis, MO-IL 43,181, , Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 31,307, , Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 29,627, , Mid-size Cities Rank Cities with kid populations from 50, ,000 Minutes Kid Population* Index (Min/Kid) 1 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 20,528,449 66, Columbia, SC 21,393,705 76, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 15,623,030 60, Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 21,008,682 93, Knoxville, TN 12,676,573 59, Tulsa, OK 20,239,825 99, Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 11,377,297 56, Wichita, KS 12,153,816 61, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 9,637,481 52, Colorado Springs, CO 11,590,687 64,

6 Small Cities Rank Cities with kid populations from 25,000-50,000 Minutes Kid Population* Index (Min/Kid) 1 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 14,809,077 48, Lexington-Fayette, KY 10,601,689 40, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 6,552,521 26, Lincoln, NE 6,400,990 26, Charleston, WV 6,482,601 28, Greeley, CO 6,149,212 26, Fort Smith, AR-OK 6,605,239 29, Lafayette, LA 7,429,142 33, Evansville, IN-KY 6,573,431 32, Spartanburg, SC 5,370,375 26, About GoNoodle GoNoodle (launched in 2013), gets kids moving to be their smartest, strongest, bravest, silliest, bestest selves. Short, interactive movement videos and games make it awesomely simple and fun to incorporate movement into every part of the day with dancing, stretching, running and even mindfulness activities. At school, teachers use GoNoodle to keep students energized, engaged, and active inside the classroom. At home, GoNoodle turns screen time into active time, so families can have fun and get moving together. Currently, more than 10 million kids and over 500,000 teachers worldwide use GoNoodle each month. GoNoodle is used in 75% of US public elementary schools in all 50 states and in schools around the world in 175 countries (90% of countries on earth are GoNoodling!). Nearly 1.5 million families use GoNoodle at home either through the website or the recently released Apple TV app. Learn more at 6