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Source: The Lancet 21.07.2021
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01259-9/fulltext
Young people aged 10–24 years constitute 24% of the world's population; investing in their health could yield a triple benefit—eg, today, into adulthood, and for the next generation. However, in physical activity research, this life stage is poorly understood, with the evidence dominated by research in younger adolescents (aged 10–14 years), school settings, and high-income countries
Source: The Lancet 21.07.2021
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01652-4/fulltext
Source: Scope - make it count
https://makeitcount.scope.org.uk/
Make It Count is an active challenge designed by Scope, a disability equality charity. The challenge is open for anybody to take part and is taking place between 24th August and 5th September 2021, alongside the Paralympic Games.
Make It Count is a fully accessible challenge that's about spending time getting active in your own way. This challenge focuses on clocking up minutes while getting active, rather than setting a distance,
Source: The australian prevention partnership centre April 2020
Prevention Centre - Guide to WSA to PA Getting-Australia-Active-III-April-2020.pdf
Getting Australia Active III (GAA III) is the first comprehensive guide on a whole-of-systems approach to physical activity in the world. It supports decision makers to implement physical activity policies and programs in Australia.
Source: NCSEM July 21
https://www.ncsem-em.org.uk/events/pace-labelling/
This public lecture will be delivered by Professor Amanda Daley, Professor of Behavioural Medicine at Loughborough University, on Tuesday 14th September 2021. The talk will discuss the role of food labelling in helping the public to choose healthy food, with a particular focus on the usefulness of physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) food labelling.
PACE labelling provides information about the amount of physical a
Source: UK active 29.06.21
https://www.ukactive.com/reports/life-in-our-years/
Older adults have revealed what they want from the fitness and leisure sector to encourage greater participation, in a major new report published by ukactive. Adults aged 55 and over shared what measures they felt would incentivise them to exercise more within the sector’s facilities, including feedba
Source: Move More Sheffield June 21
https://www.movemoresheffield.com/move-more-strategy-2021-2026
Move+More+-+Strategy+development+process.pdf
Move+More+Strategy+-+Theory+of+Change.pdf
Sheffield’s Move More Month 2021 is being recognised this June with the launch of a new physical activity strategy that sets out a clear vision and mission which unites the city’s residents with a shared purpose to create a healthier, happier and more connected Sheffield.
The renewed approach comes in the wake of
Source: World Health Organisation June 21
On World Bicycle Day, celebrated on 3 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights a new master plan that calls countries to acknowledge cycling as an equal mode of transport and to double the level of cycling by 2030. The Pa
Source: Activity Alliance 12.05.21
http://www.activityalliance.org.uk/about-us/our-work/strategy
New findings published today by national charity Activity Alliance reveal the growing impact of the pandemic on disabled people. Just over 7 in 10 disabled people (72%) agree that the coronavirus pandemic has made sport and physical activity less fair for disabled people.
This is one of the headline findings of a new YouGov poll commissioned by Activity Alliance, the leading voice for disabled people
Source: Living Streets may 2021
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/news-and-blog/press-media/poll-reveals-why-brits-love-walking
The past year has seen people walking more and new research released for Living Streets’ National Walking Month reveals what Brits have enjoyed most about it and what would encourage them to keep walking as lockdown restrictions ease.
The vast majority of people enjoyed the health benefits offered by a daily walk, with 76% naming physical health benefits and 56% the ment
