A large and growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) may hold
therapeutic promise in the management of mental health disorders. Most evidence linking …

Several epidemiological studies have shown that exercise (EX) and physical activity (PA)
can prevent or delay the onset of different mental disorders, and have therapeutic benefits …

Introduction Physical activity, conceptualized as any bodily movement that results in energy
expenditure, and its structured form, exercise, play an important role in public health …

The World Health Organization predicts that depression will create the second greatest
burden of disease by 2020, requiring cost-effective prevention and intervention strategies …

Exercise (EX) and physical activity (PA) have been shown to prevent or delay the onset of
several mental disorders and to have therapeutic effects in different groups of psychiatric …

With approximately 1 in 6 adults likely to experience a significant mental health problem at
any one time (Office for National Statistics), research into effective interventions has never …

Associations between exercise and mental well-being have been documented repeatedly
over the last two decades. More recently, there has been application of exercise …

Background Exercise may improve neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms in people with
mental disorders, but the totality of the evidence is unclear. We conducted a meta-review of …

Physical activity should be viewed as a continuum ranging from virtually no movement at all
(eg, sedentary behaviour or sitting time) through light physical activity (eg, light ambulation) …

A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe
intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As …