More research on the benefits of physical activity, and specifically walking for healthy aging!

Older adults who walk 150 minutes over the course of a week have better physical function:

A new study highlights the power of walking for older adults🚶‍♂️

Walking reduces risk of chronic disease, cognitive decline & mortality

📢Even a little walking, less than the recommended 150 mins/week, lowers risk of physical function decline by 34%

Stay active, stay healthy!🤸‍♀️

📣Just accepted:
🇮🇪 Joey Murphy & colleagues assessed the relationship between University environments and students’ #PhysicalActivity patterns in Ireland. Article coming soon!

🚨 April Journal of Physical Activity & Health Article Spotlight 🌍

Dr Vahid Farrahi and Dr Philip Clare comment on the role that artificial intelligence and machine learning tools and algorithms can play in impacting #PhysicalActivity and sedentary behavior research.

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All health professionals have the capability to promote #physicalactivity .

The 'Physical Activity Advice Continuum' led by our Physical Activity in Healthcare SIG provides options for health professionals to promote physical activity within healthcare.

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Read more about one of our most recent studies on national and subnational Physical Activity Policies in Latin America 👇🏽 🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️🚴🏋🏽‍♂️JMG AEpidemiologa Dr. Deborah Salvo Alejandra Jauregui GoPA! #PhysicalActivity #HealthPolicy Journal of Physical Activity & Health

👀 Don't miss a single notice about the articles we publish!

Read the latest research from Journal of Physical Activity & Health! Serum Vitamin D Levels Mediate the Association Between Physical Activity and Blood Pressure in Adolescents doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2… #exercisescience

⚠️Big news for Report Card team members & Active Play researchers!⚠️
This new review offers an examination of global surveillance and monitoring of active play, provides insights for future surveillance & proposes Active Play questionnaire items. Details @
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📢 This symposium will discuss research findings among communities experiencing high levels of physical inactivity and social and spatial inequalities in the US, Mexico & Brazil #ISPAH2024

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Rodrigo Reis, Professor Adriano Akira Hino Alejandra Jauregui Dr. Deborah Salvo Société Française de Santé Publique World Health Organization (WHO)

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🤸‍♂️Celebrating 10 years of collaborative actions driving positive changes in one of the most important but underappreciated aspects of health, #physicalactivity

GoPA! AEpidemiologa UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School Public Health ISPAH

📣Just accepted:
🇨🇦 Stephanie Prince, PhD & colleagues’ study examined measures of #ActiveTransportation on Canada’s national health surveys & found a higher proportion of females reported walking, while a higher proportion of males reported cycling. Article coming soon!