Physical activity research: time to scale up!
Jennifer Baldwin, Marina B. Pinheiro, Leanne Hassett, Juliana S Oliveira, Heidi Gilchrist, Adrian Bauman, Andrew Milat, Anne Tiedemann, Catherine Sherrington
Abstract
Despite massive growth in the volume of physical activity research in the past 15 years, 1 we are yet to see an improvement in global physical activity levels. 2 So how do we enact real, measurable and sustainable change in population physical activity levels?If the goal of the WHO Global Action Plan on Physical Activity of a 15% relative reduction in physical inactivity by 2030 is to be met, 3 then a shift in research focus and implementation strategy is needed.In this editorial, we argue for better reporting and more 'scale-up' of physical activity programmes and outline how this can be done.