Physical Activity, Health and Well-Being Review
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 41734
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sport and exercise psychology; physical activity, fitness and health in special populations
Interests: higher education; teacher education; behavioural science; sport psychology; qualitative social research
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, European Member States public authorities have made progressive efforts to promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) (WHO, 2018); however, physical inactivity rates remain unacceptably high in the European Union (EU Council, 2013). The majority of European citizens do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA), with 60% “never or seldom playing sport or exercising” (Eurobarometer, 2018). In the USA, a recent report by the CDC (2020) revealed that more than 15% of adults in states and territories were physically inactive, and this estimate ranged from 17.3 to 47.7%. Participation in sport, exercise, and PA is vital to maintain physical fitness (PF), health, and well-being (WHO, 2018), providing a strong relationship between higher PF and reduced levels of morbidity and mortality in the general population (ACSM, 2017) and in people with disabilities (ACSM, 2016). PF is seen as the characteristic enabling people to perform PA and includes health-related aspects such as cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle strength, flexibility, and body composition (Tveter et al., 2014). These are the keystones that determine health-related PF and are perceived as important health markers.
In order to promote higher levels of adherence to regular PA and exercise to improve the general population’s health and well-being, a comprehensive and socially relevant research approach is needed to establish a stronger link between people´s needs, policymakers, and exercise and health professionals. The use of advanced research methods such as intervention studies, randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses, and other innovative technologies to assess the effects of PA and exercise as an intervention tool for both primary and secondary health prevention are welcome. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those combining high academic standards with relevant community exercise intervention proposals.
Dr. José Pedro Leitão Ferreira
Dr. Hugo Miguel Borges Sarmento
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inactivity
- physical activity
- physical exercise programs
- chronic disease
- non-communicable diseases
- physical fitness
- sedentary behavior, health, and well-being
- quality of life
- health status
- lifestyle
- public health
- recommendations
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