Health promotion of physical activity

Health Promotion of Physical Activity is the latest in a series of papers published regularly by the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (PHCRIS). This simple 2-page leaflet documents the latest research in this field and provides well-referenced recommendations for health practitioners. "The Australian National Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that adults take at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity PA each day. Over half of Australian adults do not reach these recommended levels of PA and the consequences of physical inactivity account for 7% of the total disease burden in Australia."

Other topics covered in this PHCRIS Research Roundup series have included
Chronic disease self-management, Dementia and primary health care, The primary care role for people with cancer, Improving access to rural health care, Researching patient & family experience and A new climate for Indigenous health