Systems approaches to global and national physical activity plans
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A key driver for promoting physical activity is reducing the global burden of noncommunicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. These diseases are responsible for more than 41 million deaths annually, of which a third occur before the age of 70 years.1 Physical activity has multiple positive impacts on noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and breast and colon cancer,2 as well as numerous social and economic benefits including reduced use of fossil fuels, cleaner air and less congested, safer roads. All these effects are closely linked to several sustainable development goals.3 However, policy actions have been insufficient and uneven, and government strategies to increase physical activity have not consistently increased the proportion of the adult population meeting recommended levels of activity.4 Without significant scaling of efforts at local, regional, national and international levels, the global targets for physical activity are unlikely to be achieved.
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National physical activity action plans are a 'call to action' for proactive initiatives to increase physical activity using strategies and locations that reflect the social, cultural, economic and political contexts of a country.
“National physical activity action plans are a ‘call to action’ for proactive initiatives to increase physical activity using strategies and locations that reflect the social, cultural, economic and political contexts of a country.142–146”
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“36 142–146 Therefore, developing and prioritising physical activity promotion policies, strategies and campaigns to increase awareness of existing international and national guidelines and to scale up levels of physical activity among the youth population in China is urgently needed.”
- Authors
- Rutter, H., Cavill, N., Bauman, A., & Bull, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Bath (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Rutter, Harry
- Venue
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Publisher
- WHO Press
- Published
- 2018-12-19
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 162-165
- ISSN
- 0042-9686 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6357559
- OpenAlex
- W2914594048
- Cited by
- 268
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 18.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Keywords
- physical activity promotion, physical activity policy, systems approach, non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, cancer, Sustainable Development Goals, global health targets, national health program
- MeSH terms
- Noncommunicable Diseases, Health Promotion, Humans, Organizational Objectives, Public Health, Systems Theory, World Health Organization, Exercise
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