Physical Activity and Health

TopicLeading institutions, researchers & key papers

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.

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How has Physical Activity and Health's publication output changed over time?

ScholarIQpublication output · 1978–2020

Output grew0% over the shown period — from 1 works in 1978 to 1 in 2020.

197819932000200720092012201620192020

What are the most-cited papers on Physical Activity and Health?

ScholarIQmost cited works

World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

Fiona Bull, Salih S Al-Ansari, Stuart Biddle, Katja Borodulin, Matthew P. Buman, Greet Cardon, Catherine Carty, Jean‐Philippe Chaput, Sébastien Chastin, Roger Chou, Paddy C. Dempsey, Loretta DiPietro, Ulf Ekelund, Joseph Firth, Christine M. Friedenreich, Leandro García, Muthoni Gichu, Russell Jago, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Estelle V. Lambert, Michael F. Leitzmann, Karen Milton, Francisco B. Ortega, Chathuranga Ranasinghe, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Anne Tiedemann, Richard P. Troiano, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Vicky Wari, Juana Willumsen

British Journal of Sports Medicine. 202011,383 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities

Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Melicia C. Whitt, Melinda L. Irwin, Ann M. Swartz, Scott J. Strath, WILLIAM L. O BRIEN, David R. Bassett, Kathryn H. Schmitz, PATRICIA O. EMPLAINCOURT, David R. Jacobs, Arthur S. Leon

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 20008,570 Citations

Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities

Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Arthur S. Leon, David R. Jacobs, Henry J. Montoye, James F. Sallis, Ralph S. Paffenbarger

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 19934,122 Citations

Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults

Miriam E. Nelson, W. Jack Rejeski, Steven N. Blair, Pamela W. Duncan, James O. Judge, Abby C. King, Carol A. Macera, Carmen Castaneda‐Sceppa

Circulation. 20073,022 CitationsOPEN ACCESS

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

Ulf Ekelund, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, Wendy J. Brown, Morten Wang Fagerland, Neville Owen, Kenneth E. Powell, Adrian Bauman, I‐Min Lee

The Lancet. 20162,699 CitationsOPEN ACCESS