Why have youth physical activity trends flatlined in the last decade? Opinion piece on “Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1.6 million participants” by Guthold et al.

• Greet Cardon,
• Jo Salmon

Affiliations

Greet Cardon

Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium; Corresponding author.

Jo Salmon

Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIA 3220, Australia