• Preventive medicine · Jul 2011

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    Worldwide prevalence of physical inactivity calls for worldwide actions.

    • Mathieu Bélanger and Charlie Foster.
    • Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, 15 rue des Aboiteaux, Moncton, NB, Canada. mathieu.f.belanger@usherbrooke.ca
    • Prev Med. 2011 Jul 1; 53 (1-2): 29-30.

    ObjectiveThis commentary offers a discussion of the paper by Dumith et al. published in this issue of Preventive Medicine.MethodsWe discuss the added value of the manuscript by Dumith et al. while acknowledging some limitations of the analyses.ResultsWe argue that there is a global and urgent need to take action against physical inactivity.ConclusionThe paper by Dumith et al. provides context to help build the case for better public health organization and effort to tackle physical inactivity at a worldwide level.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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