Given its origins in high-income countries, the field of physical activity and public health
research and promotion has broadly followed a choice-based model. However, a substantial …

Given its origins in high-income countries, the field of physical activity and public health
research and promotion has broadly followed a choice-based model. However, a substantial …

One of the Sustainable Development Goals supported by the United Nation is good health
and wellbeing. A key component is to reduce one-third of premature mortality by increasing …

Here, we consider (a) definitions of policies, mechanisms involved, and the wide range of
sectors that must be engaged for increasing physical activity (PA) at the population level,(b) …

The book explores the uncertainty of knowledge around physical activity behavior and its
distinctive meanings in LMIC contexts, the factors influencing physical activity, and how …

The purpose of this chapter is to give an overview of evidence on existing physical activity
promotion strategies, to contribute to the development of theories that expand our focus …

Background: Policy strategies aimed at modifying aspects of the social, physical, economic,
and educational environments have been proposed as potential solutions to the growing …

Objectives This paper presents a typology of available evidence to inform physical activity
policy. It aims to refine the distinction between three types of evidence relating to physical …

In a recent commentary in Infant and Child Development, Draper and colleagues highlighted
the issue of publication bias in the field of child development, where research from countries …

Despite the established benefits of physical activity (PA) in the prevention and treatment of
disease, most population groups continue to suffer from the burden of noncommunicable …