#One step from eden physical professional#

Scientific guidelines issued by various international bodies, national centres and institutes, and professional organisations have documented that regular physical activity protects against coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, hypertension, obesity, clinical depression, and other chronic disorders. Importance of physical activity promotion Thus, many approaches lead to acceptable increases in physical activity among people of various ages, and from different social groups, countries, and communities. Recommended environmental and policy approaches include creation and improvement of access to places for physical activity with informational outreach activities, community-scale and street-scale urban design and land use, active transport policy and practices, and community-wide policies and planning.

Behavioural and social approaches are effective, introducing social support for physical activity within communities and worksites, and school-based strategies that encompass physical education, classroom activities, after-school sports, and active transport. The informational approaches of community-wide and mass media campaigns, and short physical activity messages targeting key community sites are recommended.

We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 20, and identified effective, promising, or emerging interventions from around the world. Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN, USA (Prof G W Heath DHSc) Prevention Research Center in St Louis, Brown School of Social Work and School of Medicine Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA (D C Parra MPH, Prof R C Brownson PhD) School of Medicine (O L Sarmiento MD) and Department of Industrial Engineering (F Montes MSc), Universidad de los Andes, CEIBA Complex Systems Research Center, Bogotá, Colombia Centre for Research in Childhood Health, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark (Prof L B Andersen Dr Med Sci) Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway (Prof L B Andersen) Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Prof N Owen PhD) The University of Queensland, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Prof N Owen) and Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, Delhi, India (S Goenka PhD)