Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Health

Section I: Preface 1. Physical activity and Health: Key definitions, Concepts and Controversies

Max Western 2. A Brief History of Physical Activity and Health Miranda E G Armstrong and Adrian Bauman Section II: Physiological Mechanisms of Physical Activity and Health (Introduction)  Miranda E G Armstrong 3. Physiology of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Dylan Thompson and Oliver Perkin 4. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Richard Metcalfe 5. Physical Function, Falls and the Role of Physical Activity across the Life Course Catherine Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann,Leanne Hassett, Marina Pinheiro and Jasmine Menant Section III: Measurement of Physical Activity (Introduction) Miranda E G Armstrong 6. Self-reported Measurement of Physical Activity Behaviour and Interventions Cecilie Goltermann Toxværd, Anna Pi Bønnerup Bjerkén, Mette Aadahl and Christina Bjørk Petersen 7. Device-based Measurement Dale W Esliger,Andrew P Kingsnorth and Millen J Theophilus Chapter 8: Contextual Measurement of Physical Activity Laura M König 9. Pragmatic Evaluation of Physical Activity Interventions and Programs Paul Kelly, Karen Milton and Justin Richards 10. Economic Evaluation of Physical Activity Interventions Marina B Pinheiro, Catherine Sherrington and Sean Docking Section IV: The epidemiological evidence for physical activity and health (Introduction) Klaus Gebel 11. Research Designs and Causal Inference in Physical Activity Epidemiology Terry Boyle, Frances EM Albers and Brigid M Lynch 12. Physical Activity and All-cause Mortality Maria Hagströmer and Ing-Mari Dohrn 13. Physical Activity and Mental Health Madelaine Gierc and Guy Faulkner 14. Physical Activity and Diabetes Sheri R Colberg 15. Physical Activity and Obesity AP Hills, S Jayasinghe and NM Byrne 16. Physical Activity, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Sol Vidal-Almela and Francisco B Ortega 17. Physical Activity and Cancer Brigid M Lynch and Terry Boyle 18. Physical Activity and Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Fractures Miranda E G Armstrong and Dawn A Skelton 19. Physical Activity and Ageing Anne Tiedemann, Wing Kwok and Cathie Sherrington 20. Sedentary Behaviour Epidemiology Richard M Pulsford,Gregore I Mielke and Esmée A Bakker Section V: Correlates and determinants of physical activity (Introduction) Max Western 21. Sociodemographic Correlates and Determinants of Physical Activity Adewale L Oyeyemi 22. Physical Literacy and Physical Activity Lisa Barnett, Johannes Carl and Emiliano Mazzoli 23. The Motivational Basis of Physical Activity Ryan E Rhodes, Alfred SY Lee and Carol Brennan 24. Social Environments and Physical Activity Gavin R McCormack and Stephanie A Prince 25. Built Environments and Physical Activity Melanie Lowe, Eugen Resendiz, Erica Hinckson and Klaus Gebel 26. Sociocultural and Religious Contexts of Physical Activity Young-Eun Noh and Siqi Liu VI: Physical activity interventions (Introduction) Rona Macniven 27. Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents Katherine E Spring, Priyanka Chaudhary, Renee A Underwood and Amanda E Staiano 28. Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults Max Western, Olivia Malkowski and Afroditi Stathi 29. First Nations Peoples Rona Macniven, Isaac Warbrick,Karla Canuto and Te Miri Rangi 30. Refugees and People Affected by Forced Displacement Md. Salek Ahmed,Simon Rosenbaum, and Chiara Mastrogiovanni 31. Interventions to Enhance Physical Activity among People Living with Physical Disability Cameron M Gee and Kathleen A Martin Ginis 32. People Living with Adverse Mental Health Jeffrey Lambert and Adrian Taylor 33. Physical Activity Interventions for Pregnancy and Postpartum Wendy J Brown, Gabriela P Mena and Melanie J Hayman 34. Community-wide Interventions to Increase Physical Activity Kim Straun, Graham Baker and Marie Murphy 35. Mass Media Campaigns and Communications Strategies for Physical Activity Adrian Bauman, James Kite and Chloë Williamson 36. Environment and Transport Jenna Panter and David Ogilvie 37: Digital Interventions [e-health, m-health] Masha Remskar, Stephanie M Carpenter and Matthew Buman 38. Novel and Emerging Technologies Jacqueline L Mair and Oscar Castro 39. Sedentary Behaviour Interventions Charlotte L Edwardson, Joseph Henson and Natalie Pearson 40. Exercise as Therapy and Management of Chronic Disease Michael Pratt, Nicole Freene, Ron Plotnikoff, Paolo Ferreira, Jim Zouch, Rona Macniven and Adrian Bauman 41. Sport and Recreation Rochelle Eime and Katherine Owen 42. Workplace Interventions for Physical Activity Nicholas D Gilson, Stacy A Clemes and Genevieve N Healy Section VII: Physical activity and public health (Introduction) Adrian Bauman 43: Policy and Regulatory Approaches to Physical Activity Catherine Woods, Peter Gelius and Sven Messing 44. Government and Interagency Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion: Using Data from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity – GoPA!  Juliana Mejía-Grueso, Michael Pratt, John C Spence, Pedro C Hallal and Andrea Ramírez Varela 45: Physical Activity Plans, Guidelines and Guidance G C Wanda Wendel-Vos, Inga Gerulskiene, Marita Friberg, and Slaven Krtalic 46. Advancing Physical Activity through Strategic Advocacy Trevor Shilton 47. Systems Approaches to Physical Activity Tracy Nau, Nick Cavill and Harry Rutter 48. Scale-up of Physical Activity Programs to the Population Level Heather A McKay, Heather Macdonald and Lindsay Nettlefold 49. Commercial Determinants of Health – Applications to Physical Activity Adrian Bauman and Mark Petticrew 50. Co-Benefits of Physical Activity for Societal and Planetary Health Ashley Messineo, Sara Le, Case Garza and Deborah Salvo Epilogue Miranda EG Armstrong, Rona Macniven, Max J Western, Klaus Gebel, and Adrian E Bauman

Biography

Miranda Armstrong is an Associate Professor in the Department for Health at the University of Bath. She is a physical activity epidemiologist and her research focuses on physical activity and health, particularly active travel, chronic disease, and population health. Her work has contributed to the UK Chief Medical Officer’s Physical Activity Guidelines.

Rona Macniven is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. Her research expertise is in physical activity, sport, wellbeing falls prevention, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and public health epidemiology and evaluation. 

Max J Western is an Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at the University of Bath. His research focuses on motivation and behaviour change, exercise interventions for healthy and active ageing, and the use of digital tools to measure and support physical activity.

Klaus Gebel is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In his research he mainly focuses on the relationship between urban design, physical activity, active transport and health.

Adrian Bauman is an Emeritus Professor of Public Health, Sydney University, Australia, with over 30 years of experience in public health and physical activity research. His research includes physical activity epidemiology, surveillance and measurement research, evaluating community-wide interventions and implementation science.  He has contributed to physical activity policy translation, capacity building and training, and physical activity guideline development in several countries.