Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity: the Hamburg Declaration
Jürgen M. Steinacker, Willem van Mechelen, Wilhelm Bloch, Mats Börjesson, Maurizio Casasco, Bernd Wolfarth, Carolin Knoke, Theodora Papadopoulou, Janine Wendt, Hashel Al Tunaiji, Dietrich Andresen, Олена Андрєєва, Norbert Bachl, В. А. Бадтиева, Friedhelm J Beucher, Cheri Blauwet, José A. Casajús, Ju-Ho Chang, German Clénin, Naama Constantini, Demitri Constantinou, Luigi Di Luigi, Lukas Declercq, Stéphane Doutreleau, Svitlana Drozdovska, Martine Duclos, Andrea Ermolao, Thomas Fischbach, Anastasia Fischer, C Fossati, Jeorge Franchella, Mark Fulcher, Jan Galle, Christian Gerloff, Evelina Georgiades, Boris Gojanovic, Marcela González‐Gross, Andy Grote, Martin Halle, Hans Hauner, Matthew P. Herring, Mikio Hiura, Kerstin Holze, Gerhard Huber, David Hughes, Mark R. Hutchinson, Anca Ionescu, Dina C. Janse van Rensburg, Anna Jegier, Natasha Jones, Kirsten Kappert-Gonther, Monika Kellerer, Yutaka Kimura, Agrita Kiopa, Bernd Kladny, G Koch, Elin Kolle, Greg Kolt, Yiannis Koutedakis, Stephan Kreß, Susi Kriemler, Jens Kröger, Christian Kühn, Roman Laszlo, Ralph Lehnert, François Lhuissier, Kerstin Lüdtke, Shigeru Makita, Pedro Manonelles Marqueta, Winfried März, Kirill Micallef‐Stafrace, Mike Miller, Melita Moore, Erich Müller, Daniel Neunhäuserer, İlke Onur, Vahur Ööpik, Malgorzata Perl, Αnastassios Philippou, Hans‐Georg Predel, Sébastien Racinais, Algirdas Raslanas, R. Reer, Klaus Reinhardt, Claus Reinsberger, Sandra Rozenštoka, Robert E. Sallis, Luís B. Sardinha, Martin Scherer, Jasper Schipperijn, Romain Seil, Benedict Tan, Arno Schmidt‐Trucksäss, Nils Schumacher, Bernhard Schwaab, Ansgar Schwirtz, Masato Suzuki, Jeroen Swart, Ralph Tiesler, Ulf Tippelt
Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression and cancers, are on the rise worldwide and are often associated with a lack of physical activity (PA). Globally, the levels of PA among individuals are below WHO recommendations. A lack of PA can increase morbidity and mortality, worsen the quality of life and increase the economic burden on individuals and society. In response to this trend, numerous organisations came together under one umbrella in Hamburg, Germany, in April 2021 and signed the 'Hamburg Declaration'. This represented an international commitment to take all necessary actions to increase PA and improve the health of individuals to entire communities. Individuals and organisations are working together as the 'Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity' to drive long-term individual and population-wide behaviour change by collaborating with all stakeholders in the community: active hospitals, physical activity specialists, community services and healthcare providers, all achieving sustainable health goals for their patients/clients. The 'Hamburg Declaration' calls on national and international policymakers to take concrete action to promote daily PA and exercise at a population level and in healthcare settings.