SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2021
Climate Change, Physical Activity and Sport: A Systematic Review.
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83 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 246 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review on the associations between the built environment and adult's physical activity in global tropical and subtropical climate regions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- The impacts of sport emissions on climate: Measurement, mitigation, and making a difference.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Acute and Chronic Physical Activity Increases Creative Ideation Performance: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Climate change, 24-hour movement behaviors, and health: a mini umbrella review.Global health research and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- A Sustainable Lifestyle Intervention Among Office Workers: Cluster Randomized Pilot and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Training and retention effects of paced and music-synchronised walking exercises on pre-older females: an interventional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Characterizing and predicting person-specific, day-to-day, fluctuations in walking behavior.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Integrating Astronomical Seasonal Phase into Physical Activity Research.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2026Review
- Daily relationship between air pollution and physical activity in an industrial region.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Article
- Sitting still while the world gets sicker: Rethinking physical inactivity as a public health emergency.BMC global and public health · 2026Review
- Associations between extreme temperature events and daily step counts by weight status and modifying effects of sociodemographic factors: a longitudinal study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Determinants of environmentally related physical activity in adolescents: integration of self-determination and planned behavior theories.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Climate Change and Sarcopenia: Mechanisms, Vulnerabilities, and Public Health Implications.Calcified tissue international · 2026Review
- Beyond person-centered approaches: Integrating individual, sociodemographic and socio-spatial factors to better understand active and sustainable mobility.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Article
- Committed to climate action? Opportunities for scientific societies to lead the change we need in the world.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- Impact of the national steps challenge physical activity programme on obesity and type 2 diabetes prevalence in Singapore to 2050: simulation-based forecasting analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Physical Activity for Human and Planetary Health: Incorporating Green Exercise in the Management of Rheumatic Disease.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 2026Review
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- Expert perspectives on exposure-response functions for urban health policy: Lessons from a UBDPolicy workshop.Environmental research · 2026Review
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundClimate change impacts are associated with dramatic consequences for human health and threaten physical activity (PA) behaviors.
objectiveThe aims of this systematic review were to present the potential bidirectional associations between climate change impacts and PA behaviors in humans and to propose a synthesis of the literature through a conceptual model of climate change and PA.
methodsStudies published before October 2020 were identified through database searches in PubMed, PsycARTICLES, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, GreenFILE, GeoRef, Scopus, JSTOR and Transportation Research Information Services. Studies examining the associations between PA domains and climate change (e.g., natural disasters, air pollution, and carbon footprint) were included.
resultsA narrative synthesis was performed and the 74 identified articles were classified into 6 topics: air pollution and PA, extreme weather conditions and PA, greenhouse gas emissions and PA, carbon footprint among sport participants, natural disasters and PA and the future of PA and sport practices in a changing world. Then, a conceptual model was proposed to identify the multidimensional associations between climate change and PA as well as sport practices. Results indicated a consistent negative effect of air pollution, extreme temperatures and natural disasters on PA levels. This PA reduction is more severe in adults with chronic diseases, higher body mass index and the elderly. Sport and PA communities can play an important mitigating role in post-natural disaster contexts. However, transport related to sport practices is also a source of greenhouse gas emissions.
conclusionClimate change impacts affect PA at a worldwide scale. PA is observed to play both a mitigation and an amplification role in climate changes. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42019128314.
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