Guideline Development Group
- Dr Salih Al-AnsariAssistant ProfessorFamily & Community MedicineFounder and CEOHealth Promotion CenterRiyadhSAUDI ARABIA
- Dr Stuart Biddle
- Professor of Physical Activity & HealthPhysically Active Lifestyles Research Group Centre for Health ResearchInstitute for Resilient RegionsUniversity of Southern QueenslandSpringfield CentralAUSTRALIA
- Dr Katja BorodulinThe Age InstituteHelsinkiFINLAND
- Dr Matthew BumanCollege of Health SolutionsArizona State UniversityPhoenixUSA
- Dr Greet CardonDepartment of Movement and Sports Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesGhent UniversityGentBELGIUM
- Ms Catherine CartyUNESCO Chair Project ManagerInstitute of Technology TraleeCo KerryIRELAND
- Dr Jean-Philippe ChaputSenior Scientist, Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research GroupChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research InstituteDepartment of PediatricsUniversity of OttawaOttawa, OntarioCANADA
- Dr Sebastien ChastinProfessor of Health Behaviour DynamicsSchool of Health and Life SciencesDepartment of Psychology, Social Work and Allied Health SciencesGlasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgowUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Roger Chou (GRADE Methodologist)Departments of Medicine, and Medical Informatics & Clinical EpidemiologyOregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, OregonUSA
- Dr Paddy DempseyMRC Epidemiology UnitUniversity of Cambridge School of Clinical MedicineInstitute of Metabolic ScienceCambridgeUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Loretta DiPietroDepartment of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Milken Institute School of Public HealthThe George Washington UniversityWashington, DCUSA
- Dr Ulf EkelundDepartment of Sport MedicineNorwegian School of Sport ScienceOsloNORWAY
- Dr Joseph FirthPresidential FellowSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Christine FriedenreichScientific DirectorDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention ResearchCancer Control AlbertaAlberta Health ServicesCalgaryCANADA
- Dr Leandro GarciaResearch AssociateCentre for Public Health Queen’s University BelfastBelfastUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Muthoni GichuHeadDivision of Geriatric MedicineDepartment of Non-Communicable Diseases Ministry of HealthNairobiKENYA
- Dr Russell JagoProfessor of Paediatric Physical Activity & Public HealthCentre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health SciencesSchool for Policy StudiesUniversity of BristolBristolUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Peter T. KatzmarzykAssociate Executive Director for Population and Public Health SciencesProfessor and Marie Edana Corcoran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Obesity and DiabetesPennington Biomedical Research CenterBaton RougeUSA
- Dr Estelle V. LambertDirectorResearch Centre for Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and SportUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSOUTH AFRICA
- Dr Michael LeitzmannProfessor of EpidemiologyDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive MedicineUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGERMANY
- Dr Karen MiltonAssociate Professor in Public HealthNorwich Medical SchoolUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUNITED KINGDOM
- Dr Francisco B. OrtegaHeadUnit of Physical Activity and Health Promotion Research Institute of Sport and Health (iMUDS) Department of Physical Education and SportsUniversity of GranadaGranadaSPAIN
- Dr Chathuranga RanasingheChairpersonNIROGI Lanka projectSri Lanka Medical AssociationSenior lecturerSports and Exercise Medicine UnitFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Colombo CColomboSRI LANKA
- Dr Emmanuel StamatakisCharles Perkins CentreFaculty of Medicine and Health School of Public HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyAUSTRALIA
- Dr Anne TiedemannAssociate ProfessorInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health School of Public HealthFaculty of Medicine and HealthUniversity of SydneySydneyAUSTRALIA
- Dr Richard TroianoEpidemiology and Genomics Research ProgramNational Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthRockvilleUSA
- Dr Hidde van der PloegAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Public and Occupational HealthAmsterdam Public Health Research InstituteAmsterdam University Medical CentresAmsterdamNETHERLANDS
- Ms Vicky Wari1Programme Manager, NCDNational Department of HealthPort MoresbyPAPUA NEW GUINEA
External review group
- Dr Kingsley AkinroyeNCD Alliance NigeriaNIGERIA
- Dr Huda AlsiyabiDirectorDepartment of Community Based InitiativesMinistry of HealthOMAN
- Dr Alberto Flórez-PregoneroPontificia Universidad JaverianaCOLOMBIA
- Dr Shigeru InoueDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthTokyo Medical UniversityJAPAN
- Dr Agus MahendraDepartment of Physical educationUniversitas PendidikanINDONESIA
- Dr Deborah SalvoPrevention Research Center in St. LouisBrown SchoolWashington UniversityUSA
- Dr Jasper SchipperijnPresident-Elect 2020–2022International Society of Physical Activity and HealthDepartment of Sports Science and Clinical BiomechanicsUniversity of Southern DenmarkDENMARK
WHO Steering Group
- Dr Valentina BaltagHeadAdolescent and Young Adult Health Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing DepartmentWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Maurice BucaguMedical OfficerMaternal HealthMaternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing DepartmentWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Alexander BuchartHeadViolence Prevention Social Determinants of Health Department WHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Fiona BullHeadPhysical ActivityDepartment of Health Promotion WHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Regina GutholdScientistAdolescent and Young Adult Health Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing DepartmentWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Riitta-Maija HämäläinenTechnical OfficerNoncommunicable Diseases and Health PromotionWHO Regional Office for the Western PacificManilaPHILIPPINES
- Dr Andre IlbawiTechnical OfficerDepartment of Noncommunicable DiseasesWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Wasiq Khan2Regional AdviserHealth Education and Promotion WHO Regional Office for the Eastern MediterraneanCairoEGYPT
- Ms Lindsay LeeTechnical OfficerSensory Functions, Disability and RehabilitationDepartment of Noncommunicable DiseasesWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Ms Alana OfficerSenior Health AdviserHealthy AgeingOffice of the Director-GeneralWHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Ms Leanne RileyHeadSurveillance Department of Noncommunicable Diseases WHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Gojka RoglicMedical OfficerNoncommunicable Diseases ManagementDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases WHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
- Dr Juana WillumsenTechnical OfficerPhysical ActivityDepartment of Health Promotion WHO HeadquartersGenevaSWITZERLAND
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WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. ANNEX 2, GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, EXTERNAL PEER REVIEWERS, AND WHO STAFF INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE GUIDELINES.