TY - JOUR
T1 - The pandemic of physical inactivity
T2 - Global action for public health
AU - Kohl, Harold W.
AU - Craig, Cora Lynn
AU - Lambert, Estelle Victoria
AU - Inoue, Shigeru
AU - Alkandari, Jasem Ramadan
AU - Leetongin, Grit
AU - Kahlmeier, Sonja
AU - Andersen, Lars Bo
AU - Bauman, Adrian E.
AU - Blair, Steven N.
AU - Brownson, Ross C.
AU - Bull, Fiona C.
AU - Ekelund, Ulf
AU - Goenka, Shifalika
AU - Guthold, Regina
AU - Hallal, Pedro C.
AU - Haskell, William L.
AU - Heath, Gregory W.
AU - Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
AU - Lee, I. Min
AU - Lobelo, Felipe
AU - Loos, Ruth J.F.
AU - Marcus, Bess
AU - Martin, Brian W.
AU - Owen, Neville
AU - Parra, Diana C.
AU - Pratt, Michael
AU - Puska, Pekka
AU - Ogilvie, David
AU - Reis, Rodrigo S.
AU - Sallis, James F.
AU - Sarmiento, Olga Lucia
AU - Wells, Jonathan C.
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic of physical inactivity. Although evidence for the benefits of physical activity for health has been available since the 1950s, promotion to improve the health of populations has lagged in relation to the available evidence and has only recently developed an identifiable infrastructure, including efforts in planning, policy, leadership and advocacy, workforce training and development, and monitoring and surveillance. The reasons for this late start are myriad, multifactorial, and complex. This infrastructure should continue to be formed, intersectoral approaches are essential to advance, and advocacy remains a key pillar. Although there is a need to build global capacity based on the present foundations, a systems approach that focuses on populations and the complex interactions among the correlates of physical inactivity, rather than solely a behavioural science approach focusing on individuals, is the way forward to increase physical activity worldwide.
AB - Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic of physical inactivity. Although evidence for the benefits of physical activity for health has been available since the 1950s, promotion to improve the health of populations has lagged in relation to the available evidence and has only recently developed an identifiable infrastructure, including efforts in planning, policy, leadership and advocacy, workforce training and development, and monitoring and surveillance. The reasons for this late start are myriad, multifactorial, and complex. This infrastructure should continue to be formed, intersectoral approaches are essential to advance, and advocacy remains a key pillar. Although there is a need to build global capacity based on the present foundations, a systems approach that focuses on populations and the complex interactions among the correlates of physical inactivity, rather than solely a behavioural science approach focusing on individuals, is the way forward to increase physical activity worldwide.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60898-8
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60898-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22818941
AN - SCOPUS:84864031189
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 380
SP - 294
EP - 305
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 9838
ER -