Effectiveness of motivational interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: a systematic review of reviews

H Frost, P Campbell, M Maxwell, RE O'Carroll… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The challenge of addressing unhealthy lifestyle choice is of global concern.
Motivational Interviewing has been widely implemented to help people change their …

Reduced physical activity in young and older adults: metabolic and musculoskeletal implications

KA Bowden Davies, S Pickles… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Although the health benefits of regular physical activity and exercise are well
established and have been incorporated into national public health recommendations, there …

The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases

D Ding, KD Lawson, TL Kolbe-Alexander… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The pandemic of physical inactivity is associated with a range of chronic
diseases and early deaths. Despite the well documented disease burden, the economic …

[HTML][HTML] Global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases

M Goodchild, N Nargis, ET d'Espaignet - Tobacco control, 2018 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background The detrimental impact of smoking on health has been widely documented
since the 1960s. Numerous studies have also quantified the economic cost that smoking …

[HTML][HTML] The use of mobile apps and SMS messaging as physical and mental health interventions: systematic review

AL Rathbone, J Prescott - Journal of medical Internet research, 2017 - jmir.org
Background The initial introduction of the World Wide Web in 1990 brought around the
biggest change in information acquisition. Due to the abundance of devices and ease of …

The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health

HW Kohl, CL Craig, EV Lambert, S Inoue, JR Alkandari… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present
global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic …

Addressing liver disease in the UK: a blueprint for attaining excellence in health care and reducing premature mortality from lifestyle issues of excess consumption of …

R Williams, R Aspinall, M Bellis, G Camps-Walsh… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Liver disease in the UK stands out as the one glaring exception to the
vast improvements made during the past 30 years in health and life expectancy for chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Are health behavior change interventions that use online social networks effective? A systematic review

CA Maher, LK Lewis, K Ferrar, S Marshall… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - jmir.org
Background The dramatic growth of Web 2.0 technologies and online social networks offers
immense potential for the delivery of health behavior change campaigns. However, it is …

The combined effects of healthy lifestyle behaviors on all cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Loef, H Walach - Preventive medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Lifestyle factors are related to mortality. Although much is known about the
impact of single factors, the current evidence about the combined effects of lifestyle …

High-intensity interval training interventions in children and adolescents: a systematic review

WTB Eddolls, MA McNarry, G Stratton, CON Winn… - Sports medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Whilst there is increasing interest in the efficacy of high-intensity interval
training in children and adolescents as a time-effective method of eliciting health benefits …