References to Physical activity and sedentary behaviour

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American College of Sports Medicine (2011), Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults: Guidance for Prescribing Exercise
American College of Sports Medicine, 2015, Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents (pdf)
American Diabetes Association (2004), Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes – American Diabetes Association position statement - Diabetes Care (2004) 27,suppl1 (pdf)
American Heart Association-American College of Cardiology Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk, 2013 (pdf)
Australia’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for children (5-12 years)(pdf)
Australia’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for young people (13-17 years)(pdf)
Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (birth to 5 years): An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep (pdf)
Australian Government, Department of Veterans'Affairs, Department of Health and Ageing 2005, Choose Health: Be Active, A physical activity guide for older Australians (pdf)
Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Adults (18-64 years)(pdf)
Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Federal Ministry of Health (2013) Nationaler Aktionsplan Bewegung für mehr Bewegung in Österreich, Austrian National Movement Action Plan (pdf)
Breda et al. (2018) Promoting health-enhancing physical activity in Europe: Current state of surveillance, policy development and implementation. Health Policy, 2018
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years): An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep. BMC Public Health. 2017;17(Suppl 5):874.
Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s, 2011 (pdf)
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (2016), Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (pdf)
CDC (2011) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: The CDC Guide to Strategies to Increase Physical Activity in the Community. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2011 (pdf)
Coordinated Approach to Child Health Global Foundation (last accessed on 11/08/2017)
Council of the European Union. Council Recommendation of 26 November 2013 on promoting health-enhancing physical activity across sectors. Official Journal of the European Union. 2013;4.12.2013:354/1-/5. (pdf)
Danish Health Authority (2014) Health promotion packages in Denmark – introduction and recommendations
Danish Health Authority (2016) Recommendations for physical activity for infants younger than 1 year old
Danish Health Authority, Physical activity recommendations for adults (18-64 years old)
Danish Health Authority, Physical activity recommendations for older people
Danish Health Authority, Physical activity recommendations for pregnant women
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (2011), Physical Activity guidelines for adults (19–64 years)(pdf)
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, PA guidelines for children and young people (5–18 years) 2011 (pdf)
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, PA guidelines for early years (Under 5s) for children who are capable of walking, 2011 (pdf)
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, PA guidelines for older adults (65+ years), 2011
DHHS (2015) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Step it Up! The Surgeon General's call to action to promote walking and walkable communities (pdf)
DHSSPS (2010) Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Physical Activity Guidelines in the UK (pdf)
EC (2016) European Commission Study on the implementation of the EU physical activity guidelines, Final progress report of tender EAC-2014-0574-Study
ECF (2017) European Cyclists'Federation, Tax breaks for bike commuters – a European trend (last updated 30/03/2017, last accessed 11/10/2018)
ESC (2016) European Society of Cardiology, 2016 ESC Guidelines, European Heart Journal (2016) 37, 2315–2381 (pdf)
EU Physical Activity Guidelines (2008), Recommended Policy Actions in Support of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (pdf)
EU Work Plan for Sport 2014-2017 Expert Group on Health- enhancing physical activity (pdf)
Eurobarometer 2018, Special Eurobarometer 472 Report, Sport and physical activity
European Mobility week (2017)
Federal Ministry of Health (2016) National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion (pdf)
Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (2013), On the move, National Strategy for physical activity promoting health and wellbeing 2020
Fonds Gesundes Österreich (2012), Austrian Recommendations for Health enhancing Physical activity Fonds Gesundes Österreich, Österreichische Empfehlungen für gesundheitswirksame Bewegung (pdf)
GBD (2017). Global Burden of Dosease Study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Terms defined
GBD results tool (2017) Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Results Tool. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2018.
GBD study (2017) Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Lancet 2018 392 1923–94
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2013/2014 survey (2016) WHO Europe
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Health Council of the Netherlands (2017), Physical activity guidelines
How much do Europeans exercise? 2017 (last accessed 10/08/2017)
ISCA (2015) International Sport and Culture Association, The economic cost of physical inactivity in Europe (pdf)
Jackpot, Fitsport Austria 2019 (last accessed 06.02.2019)
NNR (2012) Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, Integrating nutrition and physical activity (pdf)
PAGA (2008) Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2008 (pdf)
PAGA (2018) (pdf) Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2018
PAGAC (2018) Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee Scientific Report (pdf)
Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults, Recommendation From the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, 2007
Physical activity strategy for the WHO European Region 2016-2025
Prevention Commission Denmark (2009), Forebyggelses Kommissionen, We can live longer and healthier Prevention Commission's recommendations for enhanced preventive action
Scottish School Travel Initiatives 2017 page 337-432 (last accessed on 11/08/2017)
Share of people doing physical activities, Eurostat 2014 (last accessed 10/08/2017)
Social biking challenge (last accessed on 12.10.2018)
Special Eurobarometer 334 Sport and Physical Activity (2010)
Sport and physical activity report. Special Eurobarometer 412 (2013-14)
Steps to health, A European framework to promote physical activity for health, 2007
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2017) Physical activity and Exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period
The benefits of regular walking for health, well‐being and the environment, 2012
The European Week of Sport (last accessed on 11.08.2017)
Tremblay et al (2017) Sedentary Behaviour Research Network – Terminology Consensus Project process and outcome Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017;14:75
UK Chief Medical Officers (2011) Start Active, Stay Active, A report on physical activity for health from the four home countries
UK Chief Medical Officers Recommendations 2017: Physical Activity in Pregnancy
United Kingdom Cycle scheme
US-DHHS (2010), US Department of Health and Human Services ;The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance
WCRF (2011) World Cancer Research Fund International 2011 Nutrition, Physical Activity and NCD Prevention
WCRF (2018) World Cancer Research Fund – Physical activity and the risk of cancer
WHO (2009) World Health Organization, Global health risks: mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks.
WHO (2010) World Health Organization Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health
WHO (2013) Country profiles on nutrition, PA and obesity in the EU
WHO (2014). World Health Organization, Obesity and inequities. Guidance for addressing inequities in overweight and obesity
WHO (2015) Bulgaria Physical Activity Factsheet
WHO (2015), World Health Organization, Croatia Physical Activity Factsheet
WHO (2015), World Health Organization, Denmark Physical Activity Factsheet
WHO (2015), World Health Organization, Factsheets on health enhancing Physical activity in the 28 European Union Member States of the WHO European Region
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WHO (2017) World Health Organization, Towards more physical activity: Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity-a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe
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