2024 heart disease and stroke statistics: a report of US and global data from the American Heart Association

SS Martin, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

A scoping review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and sedentary behavior in Saudi Arabia

KR Evenson, SA Alothman, CC Moore, MM Hamza… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background In Saudi Arabia, stay-at-home orders to address the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic between March 15 and 23, 2020 and eased on May …

Oferta e participação nas práticas corporais e atividades físicas na Atenção Primária no Brasil: análise de 2014 a 2022

FFB Carvalho, PH Guerra, DB Silva… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2025 - SciELO Public Health
O objetivo é analisar a tendência temporal e a distribuição macrorregional da oferta de
atividades coletivas de práticas corporais e atividades físicas (PCAF) e do número de …

[HTML][HTML] The physical activity policy to practice disconnect

M Pratt, AR Varela, A Bauman - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Physical inactivity is an important global health challenge, causing more than 5 million
deaths each year. 1 The World Health Organization has recognized it as such and has …

Navigating physical activity promotion and policy in the post-COVID-19-pandemic era

J Richards, K Siefken, M Pratt… - … of Physical Activity …, 2024 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: There is limited evidence on the priorities and opportunities associated with
promoting population physical activity (PA) participation for the post-COVID-19-pandemic …

Physical activity policies at national and subnational levels: a study in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico

JM Grueso, M Pratt, E Resendiz… - … of Physical Activity …, 2024 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: National physical activity (PA) policy processes are only beginning to be
studied in Latin America, and little attention has focused at the subnational level. This study …

An overview of physical activity research evolution in Africa: the Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA!

AL Oyeyemi, AR Varela… - … of Physical Activity …, 2024 - journals.humankinetics.com
Objective: To describe the evolution of physical activity (PA) research in Africa, examine
income and gender inequalities, and discuss future possibilities. Methods: A secondary …

Comprehensive assessment of physical activity policies and initiatives in Saudi Arabia 2016–2022

MA AlMarzooqi, RF Alsukait, GS Aljuraiban… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study aimed to review health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) policies and
initiatives introduced in Saudi Arabia (SA) since 2016 and identify the gaps in their design …

Secular trends and sociodemographic disparities in physical activity among adults in eleven African countries: WHO STEPS 2003–2020

AL Oyeyemi, RHO Araujo, UA Hassan, E Ofori… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Mortality from physical inactivity-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is
projected to surpass deaths from communicable diseases by 2030 in Africa. Monitoring …

'It's about collaboration': a whole-systems approach to understanding and promoting movement in Suffolk

AJ Brinkley, KM Cusimano, P Freeman… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
Background Population-levels of physical activity have remained stagnant for years.
Previous approaches to modify behaviour have broadly neglected the importance of whole …