Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
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In this article, the authors quantify the effect of physical inactivity on these major non-communicable diseases by estimating how much disease could be averted if inactive people were to become active and to estimate gain in life expectancy at the population level.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2012-07-21 and is currently open access. It has received 6119 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Life expectancy & Population.read more
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Time trends of physical activity and television viewing time in Brazil: 2006-2012
TL;DR: National survey data from Brazil indicate that leisure-time physical activity appears to be increasing, while television viewing time seems to be decreasing in recent years, however, transportation physical activity has been declining.
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Effects of Mobile Health Including Wearable Activity Trackers to Increase Physical Activity Outcomes Among Healthy Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review.
TL;DR: There is a clear need for future studies to develop PA interventions grounded on intervention mapping with a high methodological study design for specific target groups to achieve meaningful evidence.
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The First Global Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Guidelines for People Living With Disability
Catherine Carty,Hidde P. van der Ploeg,Stuart J. H. Biddle,Fiona Bull,Juana Willumsen,Lindsay Lee,Kaloyan Kamenov,Karen Milton +7 more
TL;DR: The World Health Organization has released the first global public health guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior for people living with disability as mentioned in this paper, which can support inclusive policy, practice, and research.
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Report Card Grades on the Physical Activity of Children and Youth Comparing 30 Very High Human Development Index Countries
Salomé Aubert,Joel D. Barnes,Nicolas Aguilar-Farias,Greet Cardon,Chen-Kang Chang,Christine Delisle Nyström,Yolanda Demetriou,Lowri Cerys Edwards,Arunas Emeljanovas,Aleš Gába,Wendy Y J Huang,Izzeldin Ibrahim,Jaak Jürimäe,Peter T. Katzmarzyk,Agata Korcz,Yeon Soo Kim,Eun-Young Lee,Marie Löf,Marie Löf,Tom Loney,Shawnda A. Morrison,Jorge Mota,John J. Reilly,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Blanca Roman-Viñas,Natasha Schranz,John Scriven,Jan Seghers,Thomas Skovgaard,Melody Smith,Martyn Standage,Gregor Starc,Gareth Stratton,Tim Takken,Tuija Tammelin,Chiaki Tanaka,David Thivel,Richard Tyler,Alun G. Williams,Stephen H.S. Wong,Paweł Zembura,Mark S. Tremblay +41 more
TL;DR: This analysis summarizes the level and context of the physical activity of children and youth among very high Human Development Index countries, and provides additional evidence that the situation regarding physical activity inChildren and youth is very concerning.
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Volume of Light Versus Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity: Similar Benefits for All-Cause Mortality?
Pedro F. Saint-Maurice,Richard P. Troiano,David Berrigan,William E. Kraus,Charles E. Matthews +4 more
TL;DR: In this population, increasing light PA was associated with less mortality, but at an approximately equal volume of PA, moderate‐to‐vigorous PA appeared to have greater benefits.
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