Lancet：世界懒人地图

世界懒人地图

与奥运会同步，7月18日《柳叶刀》杂志登载了专题“physical activity”系列文章、评论。

其中一篇文章对各国的体育运动率做了一下比较。这份由佩洛塔斯联邦大学的帕德罗.哈拉尔发起的研究把自己称为至今为止对全球各地的大忙人和懒人最完整的描绘。哈拉尔博士和他的同僚综合了122个国家的健康调查数据，深入到全球89%的人口。他们发现31%的成年人缺乏足够的体育活动——缺乏的定义是平均每周五天30分钟的运动，或者是每周有三天做20分钟的剧烈运动，又或者是二者的结合。女性倾向于做更少的运动——34%的女性是不爱运动的，对照男性为28%——不过如的图表所显示，这里头也存在个案和地区差异。在俄罗斯，克罗地亚，卢森堡，希腊和伊拉克（这里仅列出部分名字）的女性要比她们国家的男性活动得更多。马耳他赢得最懒散国家的荣誉，72%的成年人缺乏运动。斯威士兰和沙特阿拉伯以69%的比例紧随其后。相比之下，孟加拉国只有5%的成年人缺乏足够的运动。出乎意料的是美国辜负了它懒散的名声。每十个人中有六人有足够的活动，而英国人这一数字还不到四。这些数据让人担忧。因为根据《柳叶刀》杂志的另一篇文章显示，缺乏运动对于预期寿命的效果犹如抽烟。

The Lancet：Physical Activity
Published July 18, 2012

Executive summary
As London counts down the final days before the beginning of the 2012 Olympic Games, The Lancet publishes a Series on physical activity, including a new analysis that quantifies the global impact of physical inactivity on the world's major non-communicable diseases. The Series will also review current levels of physical activity and trends worldwide, why some people are active and why some are not, evidence-based strategies for effective physical activity promotion, and how a multi-sector and systems-wide approach that goes way beyond health will be critical to increase population-levels of activity worldwide.

Comments

Rethinking our approach to physical activity
Pamela Das, Richard Horton

Physical activity: more of the same is not enough
Pedro C Hallal, Adrian E Bauman, Gregory W Heath, Harold W Kohl 3rd, I-Min Lee, Michael Pratt

Stressing harms of physical inactivity to promote exercise
Chi Pang Wen, Xifeng Wu

Physical activity for people with disabilities
James H Rimmer, Alexandre C Marques

Policies to promote physical activity in Brazil
Deborah Carvalho Malta, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva

Article

Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
I-Min Lee, Eric J Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo, Pekka Puska, Steven N Blair, Peter T Katzmarzyk, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

Series Papers

Physical activity levels of the world's population: Surveillance progress, gaps and prospects
Pedro C Hallal, Lars Bo Andersen, Fiona C Bull, Regina Guthold, William Haskell, Ulf Ekelund, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

Why are some people physically active and others not? Understanding the Correlates of Physical Activity
Adrian E Bauman, Rodrigo S Reis, James F Sallis, Jonathan C Wells, Ruth J F Loos, Brian W Martin, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

Evidence-Based Physical Activity Intervention: Lessons from Around the Globe
Gregory W Heath, Diana C Parra, Olga L Sarmiento, Lars Bo Andersen, Neville Owen, Shifalika Goenka, Felipe Montes, Ross C Brownson, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

The Implications of Megatrends in Information and Communication Technology and Transportation for Changing Global Physical Activity
Michael Pratt, Olga L Sarmiento, Felipe Montes, David Ogilvie, Bess H Marcus, Lilian G Perez, Ross C Brownson, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group

The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health
Harold W Kohl 3rd, Cora Lynn Craig, Estelle Victoria Lambert, Shigeru Inoue, Jasem Ramadan Alkandari, Grit Leetongin, Sonja Kahlmeier, for the Lancet Physical Activity Series Working Group