Long Term Trends in Physical Activity

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Establishing Global Levels of Physical Activity[edit | edit source]

Comparisons of levels of Physical Acitivity [PA] between different countries were not possible until a decade ago, as prior to this there were no standardised instruments suitable for this use[1]. Early methods of classifying levels of PA tended to use either occupational classifications or estimations of leisure-time physical acitivities[2][3].

A group of international academics created a standardised instrument for this purpose in the late 1990s[4]: the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ), and they tested its reliability and validity in 12 countries, publishing the results in 2003[4] and concluding " IPAQ has reasonable measurement properties for monitoring population levels of physical activity among 18- to 65-yr-old adults in diverse settings". Following this, another assessment instrument was developed: the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ)[5].

In the past 10 years, IPAQ and GPAQ data have been collected from approximately two-thirds of countries worldwide which, for the first time, permits a comparative assessment of global patterns of physical activity to be undertaken.

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  1. ↑ Bull, FC, Armstrong, TP, Dixon, T, Ham, S, Neiman, A, and Pratt, M. Physical inactivity. in: M Ezzati, AD Lopez, A Rodgers, CJL Murray (Eds.) "Comparative quantification of health risks. Global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors." World Health Organization,Geneva; 2004: 729–881
  2. ↑ Paffenbarger, RS Jr, Hyde, RT, Wing, AL, and Hsieh, CC.  Physical activity, all-cause mortality, and longevity of college alumni.  N Engl J Med. 1986; 314: 605–613
  3. ↑ Morris, JN, Heady, JA, Raffle, PA, Roberts, CG, and Parks, JW.  Coronary heart-disease and physical activity of work.  Lancet. 1953; 265: 1053–1057
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Craig, CL, Marshall, AL, Sjostrom, M et al.  International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity.  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003; 35: 1381–1395
  5. ↑ Bull, FC, Maslin, TS, and Armstrong, T.  Global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ): nine country reliability and validity study.  J Phys Act Health. 2009; 6: 790–804
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