Making the case for 'physical activity security': the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524

Editorial

. 2020 Dec;54(24):1447-1448.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524.

Making the case for 'physical activity security': the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective

Estelle Victoria Lambert¹, Tracy Kolbe-Alexander^{2

3}, Deepti Adlakha⁴, Adewale Oyeyemi⁵, Nana Kwame Anokye⁶, Shifalika Goenka⁷, Patricia Mogrovejo⁸, Deborah Salvo⁹

Affiliations

¹ Research Centre for Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa Vicki.Lambert@uct.ac.za.
² Research Centre for Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa.
³ School of Health and Well-Being, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
⁵ Department of Physiotherapy, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria.
⁶ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK.
⁷ Bioethics and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
⁸ Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Quito, Bourgeois, Ecuador.
⁹ Prevention Research Center, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

PMID: 33239348
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524

Editorial

Making the case for 'physical activity security': the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a Global South perspective

Estelle Victoria Lambert et al. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;54(24):1447-1448.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524.

Authors

Estelle Victoria Lambert¹, Tracy Kolbe-Alexander^{2

3}, Deepti Adlakha⁴, Adewale Oyeyemi⁵, Nana Kwame Anokye⁶, Shifalika Goenka⁷, Patricia Mogrovejo⁸, Deborah Salvo⁹

Affiliations

¹ Research Centre for Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa Vicki.Lambert@uct.ac.za.
² Research Centre for Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa.
³ School of Health and Well-Being, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
⁵ Department of Physiotherapy, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria.
⁶ Division of Global Public Health, Department of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK.
⁷ Bioethics and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
⁸ Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud y de la Vida, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Quito, Bourgeois, Ecuador.
⁹ Prevention Research Center, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

PMID: 33239348
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103524

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Keywords: non-communicable disease; physical activity; public health; sedentary.

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