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At Least Five a Week – a summary of the report from the Chief Medical Officer on physical activity
Author(s) -
Stanner S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2004.00455.x
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , citation , officer , senior house officer , library science , editor in chief , medicine , medical library , management , gerontology , family medicine , political science , law , computer science , economics
In April 2004, the Chief Medical Officer published an in-depth review of the impact of physical activity on health (Department of Health 2004). This long-awaited report presents the scientific evidence for encouraging moderate intensity physical activity and addresses the health problems associated with inactivity. It comes at a time of massive media and academic interest in the problems associated with sedentary lifestyles, in particular concerns about the global rise in obesity.