National physical activity recommendations: Systematic overview and analysis of the situation in European countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kahlmeier, Sonja ^a   Wijnhoven, Trudy M A ^b   Alpiger, Patrick ^a   Schweizer, Christian ^b   Breda, João ^b   Martin, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Europe; Guidelines; National policy; Physical activity; Public health; Recommendations; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84949115573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1412-3     Document Type: Review

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