Exercise for Health: Physical Activity Barriers and Enabling Factors
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 3443
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physical activity, undertaken systematically, affects the hygiene of life, and thus the maintenance or improvement of health. Numerous benefits of modern civilization affect (directly or indirectly) people’s lifestyles—they often minimize physical activity, thus causing negative effects. Insufficient physical activity not only leads to disorders of human physical development as early as the initial stages of ontogenesis, but also results in a decrease in physical capacity in later years of life. In addition, it reduces people’s adaptability to changing living conditions. Hence, importance and positive impact of physical activity on human health is widely accepted today. Physical activity is an extremely important “weapon” in the fight against civilization diseases and sedentary lifestyle. In order to prevent the adverse effects of the sedentary nature of work and leisure, efforts should be made to increase the level of physical activity among the general public. This is also the goal of the global and national pro-health strategies being created, the expected effect of which is to reduce the percentage of people giving up physical activity. To achieve this goal, it is appropriate to identify the factors that can motivate people to undertake physical activity, and to identify the barriers making it difficult for them to engage in various forms of physical activity. All activities supporting an active lifestyle should be directed first to groups particularly vulnerable to physical activity deficit; therefore, it is appropriate to determine their needs in this regard. This Special Issue calls for papers that investigate determinants of health-related behaviors. The purpose of this Special Issue is to present novel studies that indicate the factors motivating various population groups to increase their physical activity and the variables that hinder their engagement in active leisure time.
Dr. Monika Piatkowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- physical activity
- exercise
- sedentary behavior
- barriers
- motivation
