Promotion of physical activity guidelines and behavior change

The Effect of Planned Behavior Theory-Based Education on Promotion of Physical Activity in Female Workers

Background & Aim: Regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and depression. Regular physical activity is a priority of a healthy lifestyle and is one of the ways to strengthen the immune system and prevent non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of education based on the theory of planned behavior on promoting physical ...

Lack of knowledge of physical activity guidelines: can physical activity promotion campaigns do better?

OBJECTIVES To identify the prevalence of knowledge of the current UK physical activity guidelines which were introduced in 2011 and prior physical activity guidelines (30 min on 5 days each week) within two large samples of UK adult's. To investigate whether knowledge of physical activity guidelines differs according to demographics such as ethnicity, age, education and employment status. DES...

Guidelines for Health-enhancing Physical Activity Promotion Programmes

3 Acknowledgements T he author would like to express his thanks to the following for their support in creating the Guidelines: Ilkka Vuori, Pekka Oja and Saila Pitkänen for their vision, energy and organisation to develop the idea; Gill Cowburn for her support and input into the research, workshop facilitation and drafting of the Guidelines; the representatives of the four HEPA programmes: Mari...

Brazilian physical activity guidelines as a strategy for health promotion

Public health actions endorsed by the federal government, for instance, health promotion initiatives, usually have greater impact at population level compared to other types of initiatives. This commentary aims to instigate debate on the importance and necessity of producing federally endorsed brazilian physical activity guidelines as a strategy for health promotion.

The European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity Guidelines for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity Promotion Programmes