Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity: the Hamburg Declaration
Creators: name: Steinacker, Jürgen M
name: Mechelen, Willem Van
name: Bloch, Wilhelm
name: Börjesson, Mats
name: Casasco, Maurizio
name: Wolfarth, Bernd
name: Knoke, Carolin
name: Papadopoulou, Theodora
name: Wendt, Janine
name: Al Tunaiji, Hashel
name: Andresen, Dietrich
name: Andrieieva, Olena
name: Bachl, Norbert
name: Badtieva, Victoriya
name: Beucher, Friedhelm J
name: Blauwet, Cheri A
name: Casajus Mallen, Jose-Antonio
name: Chang, Ju-Ho
name: Clénin, German
name: Constantini, Naama
name: Constantinou, Demitri
name: Di Luigi, Luigi
name: Declercq, Lukas
name: Doutreleau, Stephane
name: Drozdovska, Svitlana
name: Duclos, Martine
name: Ermolao, Andrea
name: Fischbach, Thomas
name: Fischer, Anastasia N
name: Fossati, Chiara
name: Franchella, Jeorge
name: Fulcher, Mark
name: Galle, Jan C
name: Gerloff, Christian
name: Georgiades, Evelina
name: Gojanovic, Boris
name: González Gross, Marcela
name: Grote, Andy
name: Halle, Martin
name: Hauner, Hans
name: Herring, Matthew Payton
name: Hiura, Mikio
name: Holze, Kerstin
name: Huber, Gerhard
name: Hughes, David
name: Hutchinson, Mark R.
name: Ionescu, Anca
name: Janse Van Rensburg, Dina Christina
name: Jegier, Anna
name: Jones, Natasha
name: Kappert-Gonther, Kirsten
name: Kellerer, Monika
name: Kimura, Yutaka
name: Kiopa, Agrita
name: Kladny, Bernd
name: Koch, Gerhard
name: Kolle, Elin
name: Kolt, Greg
name: Koutedakis, Yiannis
name: Kress, Stephan
name: Kriemler, Susi
name: Kröger, Jens
name: Kuhn, Christian
name: Laszlo, Roman
name: Lehnert, Ralph
name: Lhuissier, François J
name: Lüdtke, Kerstin
name: Makita, Shigeru
name: Manonelles Marqueta, Pedro
name: März, Winfried
name: Micallef-Stafrace, Kirill
name: Miller, Mike
name: Moore, Melita
name: Müller, Erich
name: Neunhäuserer, Daniel
name: Onur, I. Renay
name: Ööpik, Vahur
name: Perl, Malgorzata
name: Philippou, Anastassios
name: Predel, Hans-Georg
name: Racinais, Sebastien
name: Raslanas, Algirdas
name: Reer, Ruediger
name: Reinhardt, Klaus
name: Reinsberger, Claus
name: Rozenstoka, Sandra
name: Sallis, Robert
name: Sardinha, Luis B
name: Scherer, Martin
name: Schipperijn, Jasper
name: Seil, Romain
name: Tan, Benedict
name: Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno
name: Schumacher, Nils
name: Schwaab, Bernhard
name: Schwirtz, Ansgar
name: Suzuki, Masato
name: Swart, Jeroen
name: Tiesler, Ralph
name: Tippelt, Ulf
name: Tillet, Eleanor
name: Thornton, Jane
name: Ulkar, Bulent
name: Unt, Eve
name: Verhagen, Evert
name: Weikert, Thomas
name: Vettor, Roberto
name: Zeng, Sheng
name: Budgett, Richard
name: Engebretsen, Lars
name: Erdener, Ugur
name: Pigozzi, Fabio
name: Pitsiladis, Yannis P
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physical activity
subject: Health promotion
subject: Sports medicine
subject: Sports &amp; exercise medicine
subject: Physical activity promotion in primary care
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression and cancers, are on the rise worldwide and are often associated with a lack of physical activity (PA). Globally, the levels of PA among individuals are below WHO recommendations. A lack of PA can increase morbidity and mortality, worsen the quality of life and increase the economic burden on individuals and society. In response to this trend, numerous organisations came together under one umbrella in Hamburg, Germany, in April 2021 and signed the ‘Hamburg Declaration’. This represented an international commitment to take all necessary actions to increase PA and improve the health of individuals to entire communities. Individuals and organisations are working together as the ‘Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity’ to drive long-term individual and population-wide behaviour change by collaborating with all stakeholders in the community: active hospitals, physical activity specialists, community services and healthcare providers, all achieving sustainable health goals for their patients/clients. The ‘Hamburg Declaration’ calls on national and international policymakers to take concrete action to promote daily PA and exercise at a population level and in healthcare settings.