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Publication - Advice and guidance

Physical activity for health: framework

Published
2 October 2024
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Arts, culture and sport
ISBN
9781836016663

A framework for action to improve levels of physical activity at both national and local level which is firmly founded on evidence-based international guidance.

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Footnotes

1 Vision for health and social care: Health Secretary speech - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2 Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

3 UK Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines for disabled children and disabled young people: infographic (publishing.service.gov.uk)

4 Nearly 1.8 billion adults at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity (who.int)

5 Action to prevent Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - Our blog - Public Health Scotland

6 Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (who.int)

7 Biddle, Mutrie, Gorely and Faulkner ‘Psychology of Physical Activity - Determinants, Well-Being and Interventions’ p68

8 The association of physical activity with loneliness, social isolation, and selected psychological protective factors among older adults - ScienceDirect

9 COVID-19, physical activity, inequalities evidence review (publichealthscotland.scot)

10 National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants - The Lancet Global Health

11 Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in Scotland - 17 September 2024 - Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland

12 Chart from Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in Scotland - 17 September 2024 - Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland

13 [13] Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

14 Ambition 4. Target more specialist, personalised care and support - National falls and fracture prevention strategy 2019-2024 draft: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Falls: applying All Our Health - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

16 Let's be active, the global action plan on physical activity 2018 - 2030 (who.int)

17 Let's be active, the global action plan on physical activity 2018 - 2030 (who.int)

18 8 Investments - ISPAH

19 8 Investments - ISPAH

20 active-travel-strategy-guidance-2023.pdf (transport.gov.scot)

22 The Physical Activity Messaging Framework (PAMF) and Checklist (PAMC): International consensus statement and user guide | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

23 Toronto Physical Activity Charter

24 GLOBAL ACTION PLAN ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 2018-2030

Contact

Email: ActiveScotland@gov.scot

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