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Comment
. 2020 Jul;9(4):335-338.
doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.04.009. Epub 2020 May 19.

Why have youth physical activity trends flatlined in the last decade? Opinion piece on "Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1.6 million participants" by Guthold et al

Greet Cardon  1 , Jo Salmon  2
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Why have youth physical activity trends flatlined in the last decade? Opinion piece on "Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1.6 million participants" by Guthold et al

Greet Cardon et al. J Sport Health Sci. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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    Globally, physical inactivity rates in school-going adolescents are alarming. Using realist and co-creation methodologies to better understand and develop multisectoral strategies and programs and efforts to promote effective uptake of evidence-based programs into routine practice at scale are urgently needed.

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