What is needed to promote physical activity?
Despite the health-related benefits and published evidence-based physical activity (PA) guidelines, global PA levels have been stagnating since the 2000s, with around 80% of adolescents and 28% of adults not achieving the recommendations. As a result, a pandemic of physical inactivity is occurring,...
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| author | Vivien Hohberg Jan-Niklas Kreppke Robyn Cody Regina Guthold Catherine Woods Ralf Brand Genevieve Dunton Alexander Rothman Sascha Ketelhut Claudio Nigg |
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Despite the health-related benefits and published evidence-based physical activity (PA) guidelines, global PA levels have been stagnating since the 2000s, with around 80% of adolescents and 28% of adults not achieving the recommendations. As a result, a pandemic of physical inactivity is occurring, with far-reaching health consequences along with a substantial economic burden. This has led to the development of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA). GAPPA includes recommendations and 20 related evidence-based policy actions, which are adaptable across country contexts. The Irish PA Research Collaboration implemented strategies from the GAPPA at a national level and thus, conducted a systems map to identify gaps and strengths in PA policy. Using this approach, the Move for Life intervention was successfully developed, implemented, and evaluated. In line with a whole system approach, a better understanding of the individual is also required in the course of successfully promoting and maintaining PA. Affective-Reflective Theory of physical inactivity and exercise highlights the importance of learnt affective responses to exercise-related stimuli, and suggests that both automatic and controlled processes contribute to the adoption and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. A method to shed light on motivational processes and people’s everyday behavior is longitudinal micro-temporal data. During the challenging situations such as the COVID-19, longitudinal micro-temporal data collected through mobile and wearable devices can capture processes and conditions that underlie flexible shifting between the automatic and controlled processes needed to maintain behavior. In summary, this paper compiles key concepts for PA promotion and maintenance, from which future directions follow: Gathering more extensive PA and sedentary behavior data; applying a whole system approach; considering new perspectives with a dual mode approach; avoiding unpleasant feelings during PA or exercise; conceiving interventions that promote flexibility; and capitalizing on technology to integrate and achieve these future directions.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cbca41b855741db85e88c226c3fa6652022-12-22T04:39:40ZengBern Open PublishingCurrent Issues in Sport Science2414-66412022-11-01710.36950/2022ciss005What is needed to promote physical activity? Vivien Hohberg0Jan-Niklas Kreppke1Robyn Cody2Regina Guthold3Catherine Woods4Ralf Brand5Genevieve Dunton6Alexander Rothman7Sascha Ketelhut8Claudio Nigg9Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of BaselDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandMaternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, World Health Organisation, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, IrelandSport and Exercise Psychology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of AmericaDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of AmericaDepartment of Health Science, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Health Science, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Despite the health-related benefits and published evidence-based physical activity (PA) guidelines, global PA levels have been stagnating since the 2000s, with around 80% of adolescents and 28% of adults not achieving the recommendations. As a result, a pandemic of physical inactivity is occurring, with far-reaching health consequences along with a substantial economic burden. This has led to the development of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030 (GAPPA). GAPPA includes recommendations and 20 related evidence-based policy actions, which are adaptable across country contexts. The Irish PA Research Collaboration implemented strategies from the GAPPA at a national level and thus, conducted a systems map to identify gaps and strengths in PA policy. Using this approach, the Move for Life intervention was successfully developed, implemented, and evaluated. In line with a whole system approach, a better understanding of the individual is also required in the course of successfully promoting and maintaining PA. Affective-Reflective Theory of physical inactivity and exercise highlights the importance of learnt affective responses to exercise-related stimuli, and suggests that both automatic and controlled processes contribute to the adoption and maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. A method to shed light on motivational processes and people’s everyday behavior is longitudinal micro-temporal data. During the challenging situations such as the COVID-19, longitudinal micro-temporal data collected through mobile and wearable devices can capture processes and conditions that underlie flexible shifting between the automatic and controlled processes needed to maintain behavior. In summary, this paper compiles key concepts for PA promotion and maintenance, from which future directions follow: Gathering more extensive PA and sedentary behavior data; applying a whole system approach; considering new perspectives with a dual mode approach; avoiding unpleasant feelings during PA or exercise; conceiving interventions that promote flexibility; and capitalizing on technology to integrate and achieve these future directions. https://ciss-journal.org/article/view/8834physical activityphysical activity levelsphysical activity promotionwhole system approachevidence-based interventionsmotivation |
| spellingShingle | Vivien Hohberg Jan-Niklas Kreppke Robyn Cody Regina Guthold Catherine Woods Ralf Brand Genevieve Dunton Alexander Rothman Sascha Ketelhut Claudio Nigg What is needed to promote physical activity? Current Issues in Sport Science physical activity physical activity levels physical activity promotion whole system approach evidence-based interventions motivation |
| title | What is needed to promote physical activity? |
| title_full | What is needed to promote physical activity? |
| title_fullStr | What is needed to promote physical activity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What is needed to promote physical activity? |
| title_short | What is needed to promote physical activity? |
| title_sort | what is needed to promote physical activity |
| topic | physical activity physical activity levels physical activity promotion whole system approach evidence-based interventions motivation |
| url | https://ciss-journal.org/article/view/8834 |
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