@misc{10481/66071,
year = {2020},
month = {12},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66071},
abstract = {Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) released in 2020 updated global guidelines on physical activity
and sedentary behaviour for children, adolescents, adults, older adults and sub-populations such as pregnant and
postpartum women and those living with chronic conditions or disabilities.
Objective: To summarize the evidence on the associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and
health-related outcomes used to inform the 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for
children and adolescents aged 5–17 years.
Methods: The update of the WHO guideline recommendations for children and adolescents utilized and
systematically updated the evidence syntheses on physical activity and sedentary behaviour conducted for the
2016 Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth, the 2019 Australian 24-Hour Movement
Guidelines for Children and Young People (5–17 years), and the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,
Second Edition. Systematic reviews published from 2017 up to July 2019 that addressed the key questions were
identified, and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework was
used to rate the certainty of the evidence for the entire body of evidence.
Results: The updated literature search yielded 21 relevant systematic reviews. The evidence base reviewed (i.e.,
existing and new systematic reviews) provided evidence that greater amounts and higher intensities of physical
activity as well as different types of physical activity (i.e., aerobic and muscle and bone strengthening activities) are
associated with improved health outcomes (primarily intermediate outcomes). There was sufficient evidence to
support recommendations on limiting sedentary behaviours, which was not addressed in the 2010 WHO guidelines.
However, there is still insufficient evidence available to fully describe the dose-response relationships between
physical activity or sedentary behaviour and health outcomes, and whether the associations vary by type or domain
of physical activity or sedentary behaviour.Conclusions: Addressing the identified research gaps will better inform guideline recommendations in children
and adolescents, and future work should aim to prioritize these areas of research. In the meantime, investment and
leadership is needed to scale up known effective policies and programs aimed at increasing activity in children and
adolescents.},
organization = {Public Health Agency of Canada},
organization = {Government of Norway},
organization = {Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)},
organization = {CHEO Research Institute},
organization = {Research Council of Norway

249932/F20},
organization = {University of Manchester 	
P123958},
organization = {UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship 	
MR/T021780/1},
organization = {NICM-Blackmores Institute Fellowship},
organization = {National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust},
organization = {University of Bristol},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness 	
DEP2016-79512-R
DEP2017-91544-EXP},
organization = {University of Granada, Research and Knowledge Transfer Fund (PPIT)},
organization = {Excellence Actions Programme: Units of Excellence; Scientific Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES)},
organization = {Andalusian Regional Government},
organization = {Regional Ministry of Economy, Knowledge, Enterprises and University},
organization = {European Union (EU)

SOMM17/6107/UGR},
publisher = {Bmc},
keywords = {Public health},
keywords = {Recommendations},
keywords = {Guidelines},
keywords = {Physical activity},
keywords = {Sedentary},
keywords = {Exercise},
keywords = {Policy},
keywords = {Youth},
title = {2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence},
doi = {10.1186/s12966-020-01037-z},
author = {Philippe Chaput, Jean and Ortega Porcel, Francisco Bartolomé},
}