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Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: Lessons from around the world
Heath, Gregory W. Parra, Diana C. Sarmiento, Olga Andersen, Lars Bo Owen, Neville Goenka, Shifalika Montes, Felipe Brownson, Ross C. Alkandari, Jasem R. Bauman, Adrian
Heath, Gregory W.
Parra, Diana C.
Sarmiento, Olga
Andersen, Lars Bo
Owen, Neville
Goenka, Shifalika
Montes, Felipe
Brownson, Ross C.
Alkandari, Jasem R.
Bauman, Adrian
Author
Heath, Gregory W.
Parra, Diana C.
Sarmiento, Olga
Andersen, Lars Bo
Owen, Neville
Goenka, Shifalika
Montes, Felipe
Brownson, Ross C.
Alkandari, Jasem R.
Bauman, Adrian
Blair, Steven N.
Bull, Fiona C.
Craig, Cora L.
Ekelund, Ulf
Guthold, Regina
Hallal, Pedro C.
Haskell, William L.
Inoue, Shigeru
Kahlmeier, Sonja
Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Kohl, Harold W.
Lambert, Estelle V.
Lee, I. Min
Leetongin, Grit
Lobelo, Felipe
Loos, Ruth J. F.
Marcus, Bess
Martin, Brian W.
Pratt, Michael
Puska, Pekka
Ogilvie, David
Reis, Rodrigo
Sallis, James F.
Wells, Jonathan C.
Parra, Diana C.
Sarmiento, Olga
Andersen, Lars Bo
Owen, Neville
Goenka, Shifalika
Montes, Felipe
Brownson, Ross C.
Alkandari, Jasem R.
Bauman, Adrian
Blair, Steven N.
Bull, Fiona C.
Craig, Cora L.
Ekelund, Ulf
Guthold, Regina
Hallal, Pedro C.
Haskell, William L.
Inoue, Shigeru
Kahlmeier, Sonja
Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
Kohl, Harold W.
Lambert, Estelle V.
Lee, I. Min
Leetongin, Grit
Lobelo, Felipe
Loos, Ruth J. F.
Marcus, Bess
Martin, Brian W.
Pratt, Michael
Puska, Pekka
Ogilvie, David
Reis, Rodrigo
Sallis, James F.
Wells, Jonathan C.
Abstract
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or emerging interventions from around the world. The informational approaches of community-wide and mass media campaigns, and short physical activity messages targeting key community sites are recommended. Behavioural and social approaches are effective, introducing social support for physical activity within communities and worksites, and school-based strategies that encompass physical education, classroom activities, after-school sports, and active transport. Recommended environmental and policy approaches include creation and improvement of access to places for physical activity with informational outreach activities, community-scale and street-scale urban design and land use, active transport policy and practices, and community-wide policies and planning. Thus, many approaches lead to acceptable increases in physical activity among people of various ages, and from different social groups, countries, and communities.
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Date
2012
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Journal article
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The Lancet
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380
Issue
9838
Page Range
272-281
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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