"The global pandemic of physical inactivity requires a multisectoral, multidisciplinary public-health response."

Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving  

"The global pandemic of physical inactivity requires a multisectoral, multidisciplinary public-health response. Scaling up interventions that are capable of increasing levels of physical activity in populations across the varying cultural, geographic, social, and economic contexts worldwide is challenging, but feasible."

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  Policy makers, stakeholders, and city and state planners should focus on scaling up approaches with the highest face validity:
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    Ministries of education should adopt whole-of-school approaches for promoting physical activity among children and adolescents
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    Sports authorities should prioritise sports-for-all approaches and harness the potential co-benefits of sport participation
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    Environmental policies should be linked to the promotion of active living to maximise their opportunities for adoption, implementation, and scale-up
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    Urban planning and transportation policies should prioritise actions that promote safe, equitable, and environmentally friendly active mobility and leisure options for all citizens

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  Civil society should demand improved policies, programmes, systems, and places to enable people to lead more active lives
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  Greatest progress is likely to occur through interventions that are effective in promoting physical activity, implemented at scale, regularly assessed, and fully embedded in a system