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Move more, sit less! Time for a national physical activity action plan
Author(s) -
Salmon Jo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.00592
Subject(s) - action plan , national library , action (physics) , advisory committee , citation , foundation (evidence) , library science , physical activity , plan (archaeology) , political science , operations research , psychology , medicine , management , history , law , computer science , public administration , engineering , physical therapy , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , economics
What is surprising is that so little has been done by successive Australian governments to promote physical activity. Of the 34 countries members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment,Australia is ranked in the lowest third in preventive health expenditure, yet with minimal outlay (compared with current and projected health care costs), investment inphysical activity can result in substantial future savings.