Correlates of physical activity
Why are some people physically active and others not?
Physical inactivity is an important contributor to non-communicable diseases in countries of high income, and increasingly so in those of low and middle income. Understanding why people are physically active…
Promotion of physical activity in the European region
Content analysis of 27 national policy documents
Background: Over the past years there has been increasing interest in physical activity promotion and the development of appropriate policy. So far, there has been no comprehensive overview of the…
Turning the tide
National policy approaches to increasing physical activity in seven European countries
Background: Physical inactivity is one of the four leading behavioural risk factors for non-communicable disease (NCD). Like tobacco control, increasing levels of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) will require a national…
National physical activity recommendations
Systematic overview and analysis of the situation in European countries
Information received until summer 2012 from 37 countries was analyzed. Sixteen countries did not have national recommendations while 21 countries did. For 17 countries, the source document was accessible. Seventeen…
Collaboration between the health and transport sectors in promoting physical activity
Examples from European countries
Between June 2005 and January 2006, examples of collaboration between the health sector and other relevant sectors, especially transport, to promote healthenhancing physical activity were gathered in Europe. Of particular…
Evidence-based physical activity promotion
HEPA Europe, the European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity
There has been a world-wide increase in scientific interest in health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA). The importance of a physically active lifestyle has now been well established both on the individual…