2017
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1315
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Modeling The Economic And Health Impact Of Increasing Children’s Physical Activity In The United States

Abstract: Increasing physical activity among children is a potentially important public health intervention. Quantifying the economic and health effects of the intervention would help decision makers understand its impact and priority. Using a computational simulation model that we developed to represent all US children ages 8–11 years, we estimated that maintaining the current physical activity levels (only 31.9 percent of children get twenty-five minutes of high-calorie-burning physical activity three times a week) wo… Show more

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“…Making exercise a more natural part of people's lives can bring about positive effects on health‐related factors (e.g., cardiovascular fitness and body composition; Warburton, Nicol, & Bredin, ) and even impact upon a country's economy (see Lee et al, ). However, increasing adherence to physical activity programs has proven to be a complex mission, which requires a Herculean effort from exercise professionals and the scientific community (Dishman, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Making exercise a more natural part of people's lives can bring about positive effects on health‐related factors (e.g., cardiovascular fitness and body composition; Warburton, Nicol, & Bredin, ) and even impact upon a country's economy (see Lee et al, ). However, increasing adherence to physical activity programs has proven to be a complex mission, which requires a Herculean effort from exercise professionals and the scientific community (Dishman, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the face of all this, physical activity becomes a fundamental tool for counteracting the spread of unhealthy habits induced by greater sedentariness related to the use of video games. It can also prevent addiction problems; perhaps even the use of harmful substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [ 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 Food insecurity may lead to dietary supplementation with less expensive, unhealthy foods. [31][32][33] Exercise may not be feasible or safe in low-income neighborhoods, [34][35][36] and cigarette consumption has been associated with poverty level. [37][38][39][40] We found no statistically significant association between housing insecurity and rapid kidney function decline or incident reduced eGFR.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%