Teenage recommendations to improve physical activity for their age group: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Michaela James (Author), Charlotte Todd (Author), Samantha Scott (Author), Gareth Stratton (Author), Sarah McCoubrey (Author), Danielle Christian (Author), Julian Halcox (Author), Suzanne Audrey (Author), Elizabeth Ellins (Author), Samantha Anderson (Author), Isabel Copp (Author), Sinead Brophy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It is recommended that young people should engage in 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA) a day for health benefits, but few teenagers actually meet this recommendation. Policy-makers play a vital role in designing physical activity initiatives, but they generally do th...