Physical activity depends on the individual and is also heavily influenced by their family, social, and geographic environment. For adolescents in particular, the appeal of the activity...

In Villeurbanne, the physical activity incentive program encourages patients with chronic conditions to engage in adapted physical activity. A team of researchers gathered feedback from...

When people have been inactive for a long time and have compromised health, getting back into exercise—no matter how adapted it may be—is no easy task. How do participants experience...

As a diabetic and patient advocate, Michel Chapeaud emphasizes that engaging with peers is a form of therapy for chronic disease. During patient therapeutic education (PTE) sessions with...

Data from the 2010 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey show a significant decrease in sleep duration among middle school students in France. Specifically, 15-year-olds...

This issue of *La Santé en action* on perinatal care in Réunion and Mayotte is being published at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged Mayotte into a state of emergency. We...

Many ethical questions have been raised throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health is at the heart of these concerns.

The Confeado study explored the social determinants associated with psychological distress among children and adolescents during and following the first COVID-19 lockdown in France. The...

Regarding the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, Angèle Consoli points out that all age groups have been affected, but the 11- to 14-year-old age group has been particularly hard hit....

Guillaume Fond’s study highlights disparities in access to care for people with schizophrenia at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic—from March to June 2020—which resulted in higher...