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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Understanding the complex interplay of barriers to physical activity amongst black and minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: a qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography
TL;DR: Interventions to promote engagement with physical activity need to address perceptions of this behaviour and the elicited concepts and contexts could be used to enhance the development of tailored effective health promotion interventions for BME individuals.
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Promoting Physical Activity Among University Students: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials:
TL;DR: In this paper, a review aims to summarize the benefits of a lifelong active lifestyle in a university study, which is often accompanied by a decline in physical activity (PA) levels but can offer the opportunity to promote a lifetime active lifestyle.
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Physical activity surveillance in the European Union: reliability and validity of the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ)
Sebastian E. Baumeister,Sebastian E. Baumeister,Cristian Ricci,Simone Kohler,Beate Fischer,Christine Töpfer,Jonas D. Finger,Michael F. Leitzmann +7 more
TL;DR: The EHIS-PAQ showed good evidence for reliability and validity for the measurement of PA levels at work, during transportation and health-enhancing PA.
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The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study
Rochelle Eime,Rochelle Eime,Jack Harvey,Melanie Charity,Melanie Charity,Meghan Casey,Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen,Warren Payne +7 more
TL;DR: Club sport participation contributes considerably to LTPA at health enhancing levels and health promotion policies, and more specifically physical activity policies, should emphasize the role of sport in enhancing health.
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Shifts in population dietary patterns and physical inactivity as determinants of global trends in the prevalence of diabetes: An ecological analysis
TL;DR: The adoption of sedentary lifestyle and westernised dietary patterns appears to be closely linked to the global rise in diabetes prevalence.
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