- Title
- Personalizing the guidelines of exercise prescription for health: Guiding users from dependency to self-efficacy
- Creator
- Almarcha, Maricarmen; Sturmberg, Joachim; Balagué, Natàlia
- Relation
- Apunts Sports Medicine Vol. 59, Issue 223, no. 100449
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apunsm.2024.100449
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- The World Health Organization (WHO) provides physical activity guidelines tailored to diverse populations and life stages, with an emphasis on aerobic and strength exercises. Despite endorsements from private and public institutions, the recommendations lack real personalization and fail to consider the multidimensional, dynamic, subjective and context-dependent nature of health and fitness. Drawing on recent research, this work aims to: a) review the theoretical assumptions and evidence-based research behind the WHO guidelines, b) update the guidelines on the basis of Complex Systems Science and Network Physiology, and c) reveal how to empower users/patients to transition from dependency on prescriptions to self-efficacy. The proposed exercise criteria aim to foster adherence, interoceptive awareness, self-regulation and self-responsibility towards health and fitness.
- Subject
- complex systems; health; fitness; exercise adherence; exercise personalisation; World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1517471
- Identifier
- uon:57120
- Identifier
- ISSN:2666-5069
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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