Municipal resources to promote adult physical activity - a multilevel follow-up study.

Background: In Finland, local authorities (municipalities) provide many services, including sports and physical activity facilities such as pedestrian and bicycle ways and lanes, parks, sports arenas and pools. This study aimed to determine whether local authorities can promote physical activity by allocating resources to physical activity facilities.

Methods: The data on municipality expenditure on physical activity and sports, number of sports associations receiving subsidies from the municipality, kilometers of ways for pedestrians and bicycles and hectares of parks in 1999 and 2010 were gathered from national registers.

Cost-effectiveness of population-level physical activity interventions: a systematic review.

Objective: This systematic review synthesizes the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of population-level interventions to promote physical activity.

Data Source: A systematic literature search was conducted between May and August 2013 in four databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and SPORTDiscus.

Study Inclusion And Exclusion Criteria: Only primary and preventive interventions aimed at promoting and maintaining physical activity in wide population groups were included.