Suggested Homework & Tasks

Before you start developing activities that help prevent NCDs and stimulate healthy lifestyles, we suggest the following reflective or research exercices.

🔹 The WHO and many countries have issued activity recommendations for children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and sometimes adults with NCDs. Do you know the WHO physical activity recommendations from evidence based guidelines (2020) and, if applicable, specific recommendations /guidelines from your country?

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🔹 Inform yourself. As per WHO Global status report on physical activity 2022, the majority of countries (n=166, 86%) report having a national NCD policy, strategy or action plan that includes physical activity as one of the four key NCD risk factors. Are you aware of yours? 

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🔹 The prevention of NCDs and the promotion of public health approaches through physical activity is a task for society as a whole, involving policy-makers, stakeholders and institutions in the sports and health systems, including other sectors and community in general. In fact, to reach the vision the WHO sets up in the Global action plan on physical activity 2018 – 2030, that of more active people for a healthier world, four objectives were set: Create Active Societies, Create Active Environments, Create Active People, Create Active Systems. Find out which stakeholders and institutions can support your interventions to reduce the proportion of physically inactive people and with whom you can collaborate.

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A list of additional resources

Should you want to dig further, we have come up with a carefully curated sample of communication tools and guidance for exercises.

Name of the resource	What to expect/find	Why it’s useful
WHO Global status report on physical activity 2022: Executive summary🔗	Provides WHO’s first dedicated global assessment of global progress on country implementation of policy recommendations of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA) 2018-2030	Evidence based. Easy to use for advocacy Available in 6 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
Moving Medicine – Consultation Guide🔗	Will help you understand why moving matters whatever the condition. Provide guidance for considerations that are symptoms specific & specific case studies. Provide guidance that are aged specific (Child, Young people, Adult)	Evidence based. Easy to use Developed for healthcare settings but can be applied in sport and HEPA oriented organisations.
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (Feb 2022) – p11🔗	The latest EU position and plan to improve health promotion through access to healthy diets and physical activity	Provide case for funding request & advocacy
European Action for a HealthyLifestyle4All Call for Action🔗	A call to action was launched on 27 June 2022 in the European Parliament, requesting a European action plan for prevention of non-communicable diseases and healthy lifestyle promotion.	Provide a way for your organsiation to demonstrate commitment to #Healthylifestyle. Can serve as an inspiration for a campaign to be led locally.
WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour🔗	These WHO guidelines provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults on the amount of physical activity (frequency, intensity and duration) required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate health risks.	Evidence-based.    Short version (at glance) available in many languages (10 languages at this point).  For the first time, recommendations are provided on the associations between sedentary behavior and health outcomes, as well as for subpopulations, such as pregnant and postpartum women, and people living with chronic conditions or disability.