Shigeru Inoue

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarise present global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic of physical inactivity, concluding that, 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.

TL;DR: The purpose of this review was to update existing knowledge of "How many steps/day are enough?", and to inform step-based recommendations consistent with current physical activity guidelines.

TL;DR: The first Lancet Series on physical activity established that physical inactivity was a global pandemic, and global public health action was urgently needed as mentioned in this paper, and the present paper summarises progress on the topics covered in the first series.

TL;DR: Neighborhoods built to support physical activity have a strong potential to contribute to increased physical activity, and can now be defined as an international public health issue.

TL;DR: 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.