# Physical Activity and Health

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/physical-activity-and-health/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the effects of physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behavior on various health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, mental health, and chronic diseases. It also discusses intervention strategies and public health implications related to physical activity. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t10352 |
| Works | 500 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 500.

- [World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour](https://scholariq.org/papers/world-health-organization-2020-guidelines-on-physical-activity-and-sedentary/)
- [Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities](https://scholariq.org/papers/compendium-of-physical-activities-an-update-of-activity-codes-and-met/)
- [The Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy (v1) of 93 Hierarchically Clustered Techniques: Building an International Consensus for the Reporting of Behavior Change Interventions](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-behavior-change-technique-taxonomy-v1-of-93-hierarchically-clustered/)
- [A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-review-of-correlates-of-physical-activity-of-children-and-adolescents/)
- [Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities](https://scholariq.org/papers/compendium-of-physical-activities-classification-of-energy-costs-of-human/)
- [Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/physical-activity-and-public-health-in-older-adults/)
- [Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women](https://scholariq.org/papers/does-physical-activity-attenuate-or-even-eliminate-the-detrimental-association/)
- [Appropriate Physical Activity Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/appropriate-physical-activity-intervention-strategies-for-weight-loss-and/)
- [Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men](https://scholariq.org/papers/changes-in-diet-and-lifestyle-and-long-term-weight-gain-in-women-and-men/)
- [Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: A meta-regression.](https://scholariq.org/papers/effective-techniques-in-healthy-eating-and-physical-activity-interventions-a/)
- [The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-economic-burden-of-physical-inactivity-a-global-analysis-of-major-non/)
- [Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/physical-activity-and-public-health-in-older-adults-2/)
- [Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-covid-19-home-confinement-on-eating-behaviour-and-physical-activity/)
- [Leisure Activities and the Risk of Dementia in the Elderly](https://scholariq.org/papers/leisure-activities-and-the-risk-of-dementia-in-the-elderly/)
- [Exercise Standards for Testing and Training](https://scholariq.org/papers/exercise-standards-for-testing-and-training-2/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 205.

- [World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour](https://scholariq.org/papers/world-health-organization-2020-guidelines-on-physical-activity-and-sedentary/)
- [Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities](https://scholariq.org/papers/compendium-of-physical-activities-an-update-of-activity-codes-and-met/)
- [Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities](https://scholariq.org/papers/compendium-of-physical-activities-classification-of-energy-costs-of-human/)
- [Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/physical-activity-and-public-health-in-older-adults/)
- [Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women](https://scholariq.org/papers/does-physical-activity-attenuate-or-even-eliminate-the-detrimental-association/)
- [Appropriate Physical Activity Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/appropriate-physical-activity-intervention-strategies-for-weight-loss-and/)
- [Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: A meta-regression.](https://scholariq.org/papers/effective-techniques-in-healthy-eating-and-physical-activity-interventions-a/)
- [The economic burden of physical inactivity: a global analysis of major non-communicable diseases](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-economic-burden-of-physical-inactivity-a-global-analysis-of-major-non/)
- [Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/physical-activity-and-public-health-in-older-adults-2/)
- [A questionnaire for the assessment of leisure time physical activities](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-questionnaire-for-the-assessment-of-leisure-time-physical-activities/)
- [Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/sedentary-time-in-adults-and-the-association-with-diabetes-cardiovascular/)
- [Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/dose-response-associations-between-accelerometry-measured-physical-activity-and/)
- [A simultaneous evaluation of 10 commonly used physical activity questionnaires](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-simultaneous-evaluation-of-10-commonly-used-physical-activity-questionnaires/)
- [Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-of-leisure-time-physical-activity-with-risk-of-26-types-of-cancer-in/)
- [Physical Activity for Cognitive and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms](https://scholariq.org/papers/physical-activity-for-cognitive-and-mental-health-in-youth-a-systematic-review/)

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