TY  - JOUR
AU  - Blair, Steven N.
A2  - Blair, Steven N.
A2  - Booth, Michael
A2  - Gyarfas, Ivan
A2  - Iwane, Hisao
A2  - Marti, Bernard
A2  - Matsudo, Victor
A2  - Morrow, Melba S.
A2  - Noakes, Tim
A2  - Shephard, Roy
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Aktivität, körperliche
KW  - Gesundheitspolitik
KW  - Prävention
KW  - Sozialmedizin
KW  - Sportförderung
KW  - Sportmedizin
LA  - eng
TI  - Development of public policy and physical activity initiatives internationally
TT  - Internationale Entwicklung der Gesundheitspolitik und der Initiativen zur Foerderung koerperlicher Aktivitaet
PY  - 1996
N2  - Epidemiological, pathological, clinical, and experimental studies over the past 40 years convincingly show that physical inactivity and low physical fitness contribute substantially to the major chronic diseases prevalent in industrialised societies. Several industrialised countries around the world report increases in physical activity participation among adults in recent years, but the prevalence of inactivity remains high. These increases in voluntary exercise are at least partially offset by decreasing daily energy demands due to increased mechanisation at home, at work and during leisure-time. In developing countries, physical inactivity is becoming a prevalent lifestyle due to rapid social and economic changes. Clinical interventions and mass appeals to be more physically active are limited in effectiveness against the background of increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Exercise scientists and public health officials need to turn attention to public policy and legislative initiatives to restructure physical and social environments to encourage more physical activity and discourage sedentary habits.         Verf.-Referat
L2  - https://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199621030-00001
DO  - 10.2165/00007256-199621030-00001
SP  - S. 157-163
SN  - 0112-1642
JO  - Sports medicine
IS  - 3
VL  - 21
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
M3  - Elektronische Ressource (online)
ID  - PU199605107877
ER  -