WHO Study: 81% of Adolescents Not Active Enough

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free)

News Release: New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk – World Health Organization (free)

Commentaries: Challenges in global surveillance of physical activity – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (free) AND Most Adolescents Around The World Are Insufficiently Active, Risking Current And Future Health – Health Policy Watch (free) AND A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Physical Activity – TIME (free) AND More than 80% of adolescents not active enough, warns WHO – The Guardian (free) AND Sedentary teens risk health, hearts and minds: WHO study – Reuters (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW: Majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk: findings from first ever global trends for girls and boys aged 11-17 years across 146 countries @WHO https://t.co/hGg1LpJuVr pic.twitter.com/CPDhikMXhi

— The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (@LancetChildAdol) November 21, 2019