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Fiona Bull

Researcher at World Health Organization

Publications -  221
Citations -  43703

Fiona Bull is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 215 publications receiving 33361 citations. Previous affiliations of Fiona Bull include British Heart Foundation & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

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- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs; sum of years lived with disability [YLD] and years of life lost [YLL]) attributable to the independent effects of 67 risk factors and clusters of risk factors for 21 regions in 1990 and 2010.
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Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe physical activity levels worldwide with data for adults (15 years or older) from 122 countries and for adolescents (13-15-years-old) from 105 countries.
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World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

TL;DR: New WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour reaffirm messages that some physical activity is better than none, that more physical Activity is better for optimal health outcomes and provide a new recommendation on reducing sedentary behaviours.
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Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants

TL;DR: If current trends continue, the 2025 global physical activity target (a 10% relative reduction in insufficient physical activity) will not be met and policies to increase population levels of physical activity need to be prioritised and scaled up urgently.
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Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants.

TL;DR: Current prevalence and trends of insufficient physical activity among school-going adolescents aged 11–17 years by country, region, and globally are described and urgent scaling up of implementation of known effective policies and programmes is needed.