Physical Activity
2009
Physical Activity Alliance Consultation Report
This report covers the Physical Activity Alliance Interim Steering Group's consultation within its industry on important questions.
NICE Quick Reference Guide: Promoting physical activity for children and young people
This quick reference guide presents the recommendations made in 'Promoting physical activity, active play and sport for pre-school and school-age children in family, pre-school, school and community settings'. The guidance is for all those who have a direct or indirect role in - and responsibility for - promoting physical activity for children and young people.
2008
NICE Public Health Guidance: Promoting and creating built or natural environments that encourage and support physical activity
This guidance is for NHS and other professionals who have a direct or indirect role in - and responsibility for - the built or natural environment. This includes those working in local authorities and the education, community, voluntary and private sectors.
NICE Quick Reference Guide: Community engagement
This quick reference guide summarises the recommendations made on 'Community engagement to improve health'. The guidance aims to support those working with and involving communities in decisions on health improvement that affect them.
NICE Quick Reference Guide: Promoting physical activity in the workplace
This quick reference guide presents the recommendations made in 'Workplace health promotion: how to encourage employees to be physically active'. The guidance aims to help promote physical activity in the workplace.
2007
NICE Quick Reference Guide: Behaviour change
This quick reference guide presents the recommendations on 'Behaviour change at population, community and individual levels'. The guidance aims to help professionals to help people change their behaviour so that they can lead healthier lives.
2006
NICE Public Health Guidance: Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity
This guidance examines a small number of possible approaches to increasing individual activity levels - brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling.
2005
Choosing Activity: a physical activity action plan
This action plan brings together, in one place, all the commitments relating to physical activity contained within the White Paper, as well as further activity across government, which will contribute to increasing levels of physical activity.