Das 2016 Lancet
| Das P, Horton R (2016) Physical activity-time to take it seriously and regularly. Lancet 388:1254-5. |
Abstract: In 1994, the epidemiologist Jerry Morris described physical activity as the “best buy” in public health. In 2012, The Lancet published its first Series on physical activity, which showed an estimated 5·3 million deaths per year are due to inactivity; the Series concluded that physical inactivity is as important a modifiable risk factor for chronic diseases as obesity and tobacco. Today, we publish our second Series, which provides an update of the field since 2012 and an analysis of the latest science of physical activity and health, with a strong focus on low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The urgency for global action is strengthened by new evidence in this 2016 Series about the effect of physical inactivity on dementia, the large health-care costs of inactivity, the additional health risks from excessive sitting, and, most importantly, the observation that physical activity is not improving worldwide, despite an increased number of countries having a national physical activity policy or plan. Action is possible because evidence of effective interventions is growing. But there has been an overall failure to scale up effective interventions at the population level.
Labels: MiParea: Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style
Organism: Human
Lancet 2016 series on physical activity
- Andersen LB, Mota J, Di Pietro L (2016) Update on the global pandemic of physical inactivity. Lancet 388:1255-6. - »Bioblast link«
- Ekelund U, Steene-Johannessen J, Brown WJ, Fagerland MW, Owen N, Powell KE, Bauman A, Lee IM, Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committe, Lancet Sedentary Behaviour Working Group (2016) Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women. Lancet 388:1302-10. - »Bioblast link«
- Ding D, Lawson KD, Kolbe-Alexander TL, Finkelstein EA, Katzmarzyk PT, van Mechelen W, Pratt M, Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee (2016) The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases. Lancet 388:1311-24. - »Bioblast link«
- Sallis JF, Bull F, Guthold R, Heath GW, Inoue S, Kelly P, Oyeyemi AL, Perez LG, Richards J, Hallal PC, Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee (2016) Progress in physical activity over the Olympic quadrennium. Lancet 388:1325-36. - »Bioblast link«
- Reis RS, Salvo D, Ogilvie D, Lambert EV, Goenka S, Brownson RC, Lancet Physical Activity Series 2 Executive Committee (2016) Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving. Lancet 388:1337-48. - »Bioblast link«
