Invest in physical activity to protect and promote health: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary be
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EDITORIAL
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Invest in physical activity to protect and promote health: the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour Hidde P. van der Ploeg 1,2* and Fiona C. Bull3
Abstract In this editorial we discuss the new 2020 World Health Organization guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour and a series of related papers that are published simultaneously in IJBNPA. The new guidelines reaffirm that physical activity is a ‘best buy’ for public health and should be used to support governments to increase investment in policy and research to promote and ensure physical activity opportunities are available for everyone. New recommendations on sedentary behaviour and inclusion of specific guidelines for people living with disability and/or chronic disease and pregnant and postpartum women are major developments since 2010. We discuss research priorities, as well as policy implementation and the contribution to the sustainable development agenda. The new guidelines can catalyse the paradigm shifts needed to enable equitable opportunities to be physically active for everyone, everywhere, every day. To accompany the new 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour [1], the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is publishing a series of papers providing more background and discussion of the guidelines and their implications for research and practice. These papers are published as part of a collaboration involving WHO, the Guideline Development Group (GDG), other scientists, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and IJBNPA. The papers in this IJBNPA series focus on the new guidelines for children and adolescents aged 5–17 [2]; the sedentary behaviour recommendations for adults [3]; * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2 Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
the role of physical activity in falls prevention [4] and prevention of osteoporosis [5], which were both commissioned reviews to inform the development of the WHO guidelines; and a paper on research priorities resulting from the guidelines development process [6]. An additional paper presents new analyses exploring the association between physical activity and income and gender inequality across the globe [7]. The commentary by Segar and colleagues discusses the implications of the new 2020 WHO guidelines for behavioural change communication [8]. In this editorial we describe the additions and changes in the new 2020 global guidelines and explore what actions are needed next, to ensure the opportunities created by these new global recommendations support everyone to be more active, ever
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