Your Health Matters: Fitness for Life attendees will leave with an understanding of why physical activity is important for a healthy life. The program goals include: expanding understanding of why physical activity is important for a healthy life, demonstrating how staying active can reduce risk for chronic diseases, empowering participants to get and stay active and counsel clients with activity planning strategies. This curriculum provides trainees with the knowledge and skills about exercise to impart to their communities. Participants will be able to describe the obesity epidemic and its implications to health, describe how energy balance influences healthy weight maintenance or weight loss, and explain the benefits of exercise.