The Effect of Physical Activity on the Population's Health

Dear Colleagues,

Physical activity can improve overall health and prevent non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. It also plays an important role in promoting healthy growth and development by helping to maintain a healthy weight, build strong bones and muscles, and improving cardiovascular health. Regular exercise can also improve cognitive function, thinking, learning, and judgment skills, as well as reduce the risk of chronic disease in later life. In addition, emerging evidence highlights the importance of reducing sedentary behavior and replacing it with more physical activity at all levels, including light-intensity physical activity. Despite this evidence, prevalence estimates are consistent in finding insufficient levels of physical activity globally and at all ages. This topic focuses on the association between physical activity and population health, investigating how changes in physical activity levels may affect the risk and burden of noncommunicable diseases, including among marginalized or vulnerable groups. We also seek studies that explore new approaches or innovative strategies to promote healthy lifestyles in children, adults, and vulnerable populations. The editors invite research submissions on the connections between physical activity, health, and well-being across different age groups and in various settings (e.g., community, home, workplace, and school). New research papers (observational studies and trials), reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, case reports/series, brief reports, commentaries and conference papers are welcome to this Issue.

Dr. Stefania Paduano
Dr. Federica Valeriani
Topic Editors