Review: barriers to physical activity in obese adults: a rapid evidence assessment.

Broom, John

Abstract

Obesity is clearly a major public health problem in developed nations, but also impacts on the health of developing countries, as they adopt lifestyle practices of the former. Physical activity, or lack of it, contributes heavily to the problem, especially in relation to childhood obesity; the latter not helped by the increasing use of computer games, structured as opposed to free play (ingrained from nursery school, under the health and safety banner), and reduction in school sporting activity.

Citation

BROOM, J. 2016. Review: barriers to physical activity in obese adults: a rapid evidence assessment. Journal of research in nursing [online], 21(4), pages 288-289. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116647820

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: May 11, 2015
• Online Publication Date: May 11, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: May 19, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: May 19, 2016
• Journal: Journal of research in nursing
• Print ISSN: 1744-9871
• Electronic ISSN: 1744-988X
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 288-289
• Item Discussed: SMITH, R. 2014. Are some diets 'mass murder'? BMJ [online], 349, article g7654. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7654
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116647820
• Keywords: Barriers; Obesity; Physical activity; Rapid evidence review
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1476