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WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020.

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ANNEX 2GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, EXTERNAL PEER REVIEWERS, AND WHO STAFF INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE GUIDELINES

Guideline Development Group

  • Dr Salih Al-Ansari
    Assistant Professor
    Family & Community Medicine
    Founder and CEO
    Health Promotion Center
    Riyadh
    SAUDI ARABIA
  • Dr Stuart Biddle
  • Professor of Physical Activity & Health
    Physically Active Lifestyles Research Group Centre for Health Research
    Institute for Resilient Regions
    University of Southern Queensland
    Springfield Central
    AUSTRALIA
  • Dr Katja Borodulin
    The Age Institute
    Helsinki
    FINLAND
  • Dr Matthew Buman
    College of Health Solutions
    Arizona State University
    Phoenix
    USA
  • Dr Greet Cardon
    Department of Movement and Sports Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Ghent University
    Gent
    BELGIUM
  • Ms Catherine Carty
    UNESCO Chair Project Manager
    Institute of Technology Tralee
    Co Kerry
    IRELAND
  • Dr Jean-Philippe Chaput
    Senior Scientist, Healthy Active Living and Obesity (HALO) Research Group
    Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute
    Department of Pediatrics
    University of Ottawa
    Ottawa, Ontario
    CANADA
  • Dr Sebastien Chastin
    Professor of Health Behaviour Dynamics
    School of Health and Life Sciences
    Department of Psychology, Social Work and Allied Health Sciences
    Glasgow Caledonian University
    Glasgow
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Roger Chou (GRADE Methodologist)
    Departments of Medicine, and Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
    Oregon Health & Science University
    Portland, Oregon
    USA
  • Dr Paddy Dempsey
    MRC Epidemiology Unit
    University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
    Institute of Metabolic Science
    Cambridge
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Loretta DiPietro
    Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Milken Institute School of Public Health
    The George Washington University
    Washington, DC
    USA
  • Dr Ulf Ekelund
    Department of Sport Medicine
    Norwegian School of Sport Science
    Oslo
    NORWAY
  • Dr Joseph Firth
    Presidential Fellow
    School of Health Sciences
    University of Manchester
    Manchester
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Christine Friedenreich
    Scientific Director
    Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research
    Cancer Control Alberta
    Alberta Health Services
    Calgary
    CANADA
  • Dr Leandro Garcia
    Research Associate
    Centre for Public Health Queen’s University Belfast
    Belfast
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Muthoni Gichu
    Head
    Division of Geriatric Medicine
    Department of Non-Communicable Diseases Ministry of Health
    Nairobi
    KENYA
  • Dr Russell Jago
    Professor of Paediatric Physical Activity & Public Health
    Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences
    School for Policy Studies
    University of Bristol
    Bristol
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Peter T. Katzmarzyk
    Associate Executive Director for Population and Public Health Sciences
    Professor and Marie Edana Corcoran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center
    Baton Rouge
    USA
  • Dr Estelle V. Lambert
    Director
    Research Centre for Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport
    University of Cape Town
    Cape Town
    SOUTH AFRICA
  • Dr Michael Leitzmann
    Professor of Epidemiology
    Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
    University of Regensburg
    Regensburg
    GERMANY
  • Dr Karen Milton
    Associate Professor in Public Health
    Norwich Medical School
    University of East Anglia
    Norwich
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr Francisco B. Ortega
    Head
    Unit of Physical Activity and Health Promotion Research Institute of Sport and Health (iMUDS) Department of Physical Education and Sports
    University of Granada
    Granada
    SPAIN
  • Dr Chathuranga Ranasinghe
    Chairperson
    NIROGI Lanka project
    Sri Lanka Medical Association
    Senior lecturer
    Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit
    Faculty of Medicine
    University of Colombo C
    Colombo
    SRI LANKA
  • Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis
    Charles Perkins Centre
    Faculty of Medicine and Health School of Public Health
    University of Sydney
    Sydney
    AUSTRALIA
  • Dr Anne Tiedemann
    Associate Professor
    Institute for Musculoskeletal Health School of Public Health
    Faculty of Medicine and Health
    University of Sydney
    Sydney
    AUSTRALIA
  • Dr Richard Troiano
    Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
    National Cancer Institute
    National Institutes of Health
    Rockville
    USA
  • Dr Hidde van der Ploeg
    Associate Professor
    Department of Public and Occupational Health
    Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute
    Amsterdam University Medical Centres
    Amsterdam
    NETHERLANDS
  • Ms Vicky Wari1
    Programme Manager, NCD
    National Department of Health
    Port Moresby
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA

External review group

  • Dr Kingsley Akinroye
    NCD Alliance Nigeria
    NIGERIA
  • Dr Huda Alsiyabi
    Director
    Department of Community Based Initiatives
    Ministry of Health
    OMAN
  • Dr Alberto Flórez-Pregonero
    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
    COLOMBIA
  • Dr Shigeru Inoue
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
    Tokyo Medical University
    JAPAN
  • Dr Agus Mahendra
    Department of Physical education
    Universitas Pendidikan
    INDONESIA
  • Dr Deborah Salvo
    Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
    Brown School
    Washington University
    USA
  • Dr Jasper Schipperijn
    President-Elect 2020–2022
    International Society of Physical Activity and Health
    Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
    University of Southern Denmark
    DENMARK

WHO Steering Group

  • Dr Valentina Baltag
    Head
    Adolescent and Young Adult Health Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Maurice Bucagu
    Medical Officer
    Maternal Health
    Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Alexander Buchart
    Head
    Violence Prevention Social Determinants of Health Department WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Fiona Bull
    Head
    Physical Activity
    Department of Health Promotion WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Regina Guthold
    Scientist
    Adolescent and Young Adult Health Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen
    Technical Officer
    Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion
    WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
    Manila
    PHILIPPINES
  • Dr Andre Ilbawi
    Technical Officer
    Department of Noncommunicable Diseases
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Wasiq Khan2
    Regional Adviser
    Health Education and Promotion WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    Cairo
    EGYPT
  • Ms Lindsay Lee
    Technical Officer
    Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation
    Department of Noncommunicable Diseases
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Ms Alana Officer
    Senior Health Adviser
    Healthy Ageing
    Office of the Director-General
    WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Ms Leanne Riley
    Head
    Surveillance Department of Noncommunicable Diseases WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Gojka Roglic
    Medical Officer
    Noncommunicable Diseases Management
    Department of Noncommunicable Diseases WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND
  • Dr Juana Willumsen
    Technical Officer
    Physical Activity
    Department of Health Promotion WHO Headquarters
    Geneva
    SWITZERLAND

Footnotes

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unable to attend

2

unable to attend

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