Lancet Series 2016: Physical Activity Progress and Challenges
2016
This Lancet Series presents progress in epidemiological research, global surveillance, intervention strategies, and policy actions related to physical activity. Updating the first Lancet Series on physical activity from 2012, the papers in this series also feature the largest harmonized meta-analysis on the joint health effects of sedentary behavior and physical activity, and the first global estimate of the economic burden of physical inactivity. The series encourages policy makers to take physical activity more seriously and to provide sufficient capacity and funding to implement national policies towards the integration of physical activity into daily life.
Companion resources include a short piece on gender equality in sports, and a podcast which discusses key points from the series and an action plan for advocacy, media coverage, and community engagement.
Series papers and articles include:
- 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
- The Economic Burden of Physical Inactivity: A Global Analysis of Major Non-Communicable Diseases
- Progress in Physical Activity Over the Olympic Quadrennium
- Scaling up Physical Activity Interventions Worldwide: Stepping up to Larger and Smarter Approaches to Get People Moving
Lancet Series 2016: Physical Activity Progress and Challenges
Source:
Physical Activity 2016: Progress and Challenges. The Lancet 2016. https://www.thelancet.com/series/physical-activity-2016.