Smartphone health care app features help motivate users to increase physical activity

Smartphone health care applications are widely used to support weight management and broader lifestyle improvement. However, ...

Physical activity is linked to the health of the planet, according to a trio of recent studies

Global levels of physical activity have not improved over the past two decades, despite widespread policy development and adoption, and large disparities persist across gender and socioeconomic groups ...
Medscape

GPs’ Approaches to Promote Physical Activity in Routine Care

General practitioners (GPs) used exercise prescriptions and general advice, focusing on aerobic exercises, to discuss physical activity during consultations. GP Management Plans and a patient-centered ...
Health Affairs

Transforming City Streets To Promote Physical Activity And Health Equity

Most US cities lack built environments that support physical activity, which is a key determinant of health. Making permanent changes to the physical environment to promote physical activity is not ...
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Role of medical doctors in promoting and supporting sports participation by people with disabilities: an exploratory study of medical doctors’ knowledge, practices and ...

Objectives Despite the well-documented benefits of sports for individuals with disabilities, participation remains low, and ...
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Global physical activity levels remain low despite widespread policy adoption

The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include ...
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Pets can promote physical activity and wellbeing

Our dog Louis looked at the sidewalk that had a 10-foot puddle. He stopped and glanced at me. We both would need to be Olympic athletes to leap over this body of water on our evening walk. I did not ...

Global physical activity remains low despite two decades of guideline updates

The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include ...
Drexel University

New Evidence That Bikeshare Programs Can Promote Physical Activity

Bikeshare programs allow users to check-out a bike at a station and return the bike to any station within the bikeshare network. A phone app identifies where bikeshare stations are located and how ...
BMJ

Promoting physical activity in patient populations through curriculum change in undergraduate Lithuanian medical schools and schools of health: the VANGUARD project

Correspondence to Professor Ann Bernadette Gates, School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Derby DE221DA, UK; annbgates{at}googlemail.com With these holistic benefits evidenced, ...
The Post-Journal

Fenner Elementary Promoting Physical Activity For Students

Students walking and jogging in the respective lanes. FALCONER – Harvey C. Fenner Elementary School has recently added a morning activity that will help students to get their blood flowing while ...