The pandemic of physical inactivity: Global action for public health

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9838, 2012, Pages 294-305

  Kohl III, Harold W ^a   Craig, Cora Lynn ^b,c   Lambert, Estelle Victoria ^d   Inoue, Shigeru ^e   Alkandari, Jasem Ramadan ^f   Leetongin, Grit ^g   Kahlmeier, Sonja ^h   Andersen, Lars Bo ⁱ   Bauman, Adrian E ⁱ   Blair, Steven N ⁱ   Brownson, Ross C ⁱ   Bull, Fiona C ⁱ   Ekelund, Ulf ⁱ   Goenka, Shifalika ⁱ   Guthold, Regina ⁱ   Hallal, Pedro C ⁱ   Haskell, William L ⁱ   Heath, Gregory W ⁱ   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ⁱ   Lee, I Min ⁱ   Lobelo, Felipe ⁱ   Loos, Ruth J F ⁱ   Marcus, Bess ⁱ   Martin, Brian W ⁱ   Owen, Neville ⁱ   Parra, Diana C ⁱ   Pratt, Michael ⁱ   Puska, Pekka ⁱ   Ogilvie, David ⁱ   Reis, Rodrigo S ⁱ   Sallis, James F ⁱ   Sarmiento, Olga Lucia ⁱ   Wells, Jonathan C ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^g National Health Security Office   (Thailand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MORBIDITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRAINING; URBANIZATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84864031189     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60898-8     Document Type: Review

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