L37 - International Perspectives & Health Inequalities

• Countries developed at a different speed, resulting in inactive populations at different speeds & rate, & additionally, each country has their preferred modality of exercise, as well as their specific barriers
• Many challenges exist for these collaborative whole community efforts
• The new WHO global action plan that was released in 2018 is to promote PA & responds to the requests by countries for updated guidance, & a framework of effective & feasible policy actions to increase PA at all levels
• PA has an important role to play in reducing the burden on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but the impact of NCDs is unequal
• To be effective, PA policy & practice needs to recognise & confront the causes that underpin discriminatory health inequalities
• When prescribing exercise to someone, you have to identify & understand the constraints affecting inactive people & you have to address these