Adolescents' physical activity: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries.
David BannShaun ScholesMeg FluhartyNikki ShurePublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2019)
Our findings reveal extensive cross-country differences in adolescents' physical activity; in turn, these highlight policy areas that could ultimately improve global adolescent health, such as the incorporation of minimum country-level PE classes, and the targeting of gender and socioeconomic disparities in activity conducted outside of school. Our findings also highlight the utility of educational databases such as PISA for use in global population health research.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- mental health
- young adults
- public health
- healthcare
- body mass index
- affordable care act
- sleep quality
- quality improvement
- genome wide
- living cells
- sensitive detection
- fluorescent probe
- single cell
- health information
- machine learning
- risk assessment
- big data
- human health
- health promotion
- dna methylation
- gene expression