PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Steinacker, Jürgen M AU - Mechelen, Willem van AU - Bloch, Wilhelm AU - Börjesson, Mats AU - Casasco, Maurizio AU - Wolfarth, Bernd AU - Knoke, Carolin AU - Papadopoulou, Theodora AU - Wendt, Janine AU - Al Tunaiji, Hashel AU - Andresen, Dietrich AU - Andrieieva, Olena AU - Bachl, Norbert AU - Badtieva, Victoriya AU - Beucher, Friedhelm J AU - Blauwet, Cheri A AU - Casajus Mallen, Jose-Antonio AU - Chang, Ju-Ho AU - Clénin, German AU - Constantini, Naama AU - Constantinou, Demitri AU - Di Luigi, Luigi AU - Declercq, Lukas AU - Doutreleau, Stephane AU - Drozdovska, Svitlana AU - Duclos, Martine AU - Ermolao, Andrea AU - Fischbach, Thomas AU - Fischer, Anastasia N AU - Fossati, Chiara AU - Franchella, Jeorge AU - Fulcher, Mark AU - Galle, Jan C AU - Gerloff, Christian AU - Georgiades, Evelina AU - Gojanovic, Boris AU - González Gross, Marcela AU - Grote, Andy AU - Halle, Martin AU - Hauner, Hans AU - Herring, Matthew Payton AU - Hiura, Mikio AU - Holze, Kerstin AU - Huber, Gerhard AU - Hughes, David AU - Hutchinson, Mark R. AU - Ionescu, Anca AU - Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina AU - Jegier, Anna AU - Jones, Natasha AU - Kappert-Gonther, Kirsten AU - Kellerer, Monika AU - Kimura, Yutaka AU - Kiopa, Agrita AU - Kladny, Bernd AU - Koch, Gerhard AU - Kolle, Elin AU - Kolt, Greg AU - Koutedakis, Yiannis AU - Kress, Stephan AU - Kriemler, Susi AU - Kröger, Jens AU - Kuhn, Christian AU - Laszlo, Roman AU - Lehnert, Ralph AU - Lhuissier, François J AU - Lüdtke, Kerstin AU - Makita, Shigeru AU - Manonelles Marqueta, Pedro AU - März, Winfried AU - Micallef-Stafrace, Kirill AU - Miller, Mike AU - Moore, Melita AU - Müller, Erich AU - Neunhäuserer, Daniel AU - Onur, I. Renay AU - Ööpik, Vahur AU - Perl, Malgorzata AU - Philippou, Anastassios AU - Predel, Hans-Georg AU - Racinais, Sebastien AU - Raslanas, Algirdas AU - Reer, Ruediger AU - Reinhardt, Klaus AU - Reinsberger, Claus AU - Rozenstoka, Sandra AU - Sallis, Robert AU - Sardinha, Luis B AU - Scherer, Martin AU - Schipperijn, Jasper AU - Seil, Romain AU - Tan, Benedict AU - Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno AU - Schumacher, Nils AU - Schwaab, Bernhard AU - Schwirtz, Ansgar AU - Suzuki, Masato AU - Swart, Jeroen AU - Tiesler, Ralph AU - Tippelt, Ulf AU - Tillet, Eleanor AU - Thornton, Jane AU - Ulkar, Bulent AU - Unt, Eve AU - Verhagen, Evert AU - Weikert, Thomas AU - Vettor, Roberto AU - Zeng, Sheng AU - Budgett, Richard AU - Engebretsen, Lars AU - Erdener, Ugur AU - Pigozzi, Fabio AU - Pitsiladis, Yannis P TI - Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity: the Hamburg Declaration AID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001626 DP - 2023 Jul 01 TA - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine PG - e001626 VI - 9 IP - 3 4099 - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9/3/e001626.short 4100 - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9/3/e001626.full SO - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED2023 Jul 01; 9 AB - Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression and cancers, are on the rise worldwide and are often associated with a lack of physical activity (PA). Globally, the levels of PA among individuals are below WHO recommendations. A lack of PA can increase morbidity and mortality, worsen the quality of life and increase the economic burden on individuals and society. In response to this trend, numerous organisations came together under one umbrella in Hamburg, Germany, in April 2021 and signed the ‘Hamburg Declaration’. This represented an international commitment to take all necessary actions to increase PA and improve the health of individuals to entire communities. Individuals and organisations are working together as the ‘Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity’ to drive long-term individual and population-wide behaviour change by collaborating with all stakeholders in the community: active hospitals, physical activity specialists, community services and healthcare providers, all achieving sustainable health goals for their patients/clients. The ‘Hamburg Declaration’ calls on national and international policymakers to take concrete action to promote daily PA and exercise at a population level and in healthcare settings.