ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2024
Thinking about inequalities in physical activity as an emergent feature of complex systems.
Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- The impact of physical activity and exercise timing on metabolic health among individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes.Diabetologia · 2026Review
- Co-designing policy, practice, and research directions for whole-school physical activity: towards sustainable culture change.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Article
- The spinner model for flourishing through movement: a conceptual framework for exploring the interplay between physical literacy, meaningful physical activity, embodiment, and human flourishing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The dominance of leisure-time physical activity research: implications for health inequalities.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in physical activity among children and adolescents in the UK and Ireland: a scoping review mapping evidence from 2015 to 2025.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- The Awareness and Adoption of UK Physical Activity Guidelines by Socio-Demographics: A National Cross-Sectional Survey in Wales.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Socio-economic position and changes in 24-h movement behaviors during the retirement transition.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Exploring meso- and macro-level contextual factors associated with inequalities in program adoption during statewide scale-up of TransformUs Primary, a whole-school physical activity intervention.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
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Abstract
Inequalities in physical activity are well documented, especially between socioeconomic groups. However, progress on reducing these inequalities is proving challenging. In this commentary, we argue that a complex system perspective is needed, specifically to reorient our thinking of inequalities in physical activity to be emergent features of complex systems. Operationalising this perspective involves acknowledging the multiple dynamic and non-linear interactions which take place between system parts and, over time aggregate to become macro patterns such as physical activity inequalities. We argue that this framing will enhance our understanding of the emergence of inequalities in physical activity and, therefore, provide interventions better suited to the subgroups of the population they are designed to help.
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