Does an active play standard change childcare physical activity and healthy eating policies? A natural policy exper… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35395752/

After a 3-year hiatus, we could not have asked for better weather for our U of A Behavioural Epidemiology Lab summer BBQ!

The #WholeDayMatters Toolkit is intended for primary care providers who are looking to incorporate or enhance their discussions about improving physical activity 🏃, reducing sedentary time ⬇️🧑‍💻, and optimizing sleep 😴 among adults. Download it here: bit.ly/3xv72mR

#DYK only 28% of kids meet national physical activity guidelines, an 11% drop from 2020? This year’s D grade for Overall Physical Activity reflects this decrease. Learn how to support kids’ physical activity moving forward: bit.ly/3dKnw4c #ChildAndYouthReportCard

Congrats to former U of A Behavioural Epidemiology Lab member Zhiguang Zhang for her recent Early Movers publication showing the optimal amount of tummy time needed for advanced development appears to increase in the first 6 months of life. rdcu.be/cXrnn @Maddy_Predy Prof Kylie Hesketh

Congrats to U of A Behavioural Epidemiology Lab member @Maddy_Predy for her recent publication examining screen time and screen time policies in childcare centres across Alberta, Canada. Further efforts may be needed to translate policy into practice or practice into policy. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Science has no borders. The same should be true for scientific publishing. Read our position statement on publication bias related to Majority World research. ➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

📢 New #postdoc opportunity - join Shauna Burke, PhD (she/her) and I to work on research related to movement behaviours and irritability in young children. Western Health Sciences. #equitydeserving, #IndigenousYouth applicants encouraged to apply! childpalab.ca/join-our-lab Please share!

End of an era!! Big congrats to former U of A Behavioural Epidemiology Lab member Dr. Stephen Hunter ! A pleasure to supervise for both his Master’s and PhD degrees! Also big congrats to Jasmine Rai! Completed almost her whole Master’s degree during a pandemic.

Check out this cool new publication led by Zhiguang Zhang This was a a fun collaboration with Margie Davenport, PhD Valerie Carson and Brittany Matenchuk "Associations between demographic and parental factors and infant sleep characteristics" rdcu.be/c1OG8 #HotOffThePress

New Study IJBNPA from U of A Behavioural Epidemiology Lab Early Movers project led by Valerie Carson indicates low #adherence to #movement behavior #guidelines in #infancy. Meeting more #recommendations #enhances #grossmotor #development. #Canada ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Are you an early childhood educator in Canada? Able to provide information regarding injury statistics at your program (all data will be anonymous)? If yes, complete this brief (10-15min) survey on the risks & benefits of outdoor risky play in ECE: forms.gle/gjcHRH4vgkMVwF…

Great to see our paper published in the Journal of Transport & Health using COMPASS data to look at the built environment surrounding schools and adolescent MVPA & active school travel over time! Valerie Carson Scott Leatherdale John Spence & Kate Battista sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congrats to HALOite Dr. Mark Tremblay and affiliates & colleagues Justin J. Lang Dr Dylan Blain Valerie Carson Stephen H Wong on their new Sports Medicine pub! 10 international priorities for children & adolescents' physical fitness research & surveillance ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

JUST IN❗️ Yeongho Hwang & UAlberta Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation colleagues studied which social-ecological levels uniquely contributed to changes in outdoor play at #childcare centers during the pandemic. #pediactrics

ICYMI new paper by Stephen Hunter Valerie Carson Kate Battista John Spence Scott Leatherdale: Longitudinal associations between the school built environment & adolescent #physicalactivity & #activetravel to school sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢 New Publication in Children MDPI from Hwang, Y., Boyd, M., Naylor, P.J., Rhodes, R.E., Sam Liu, Moldenhauer, R., Li, J., Wright, C., Dr. Jean Buckler, & Valerie Carson. "Piloting the Virtual PLAYshop Program: A Parent-Focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood"

The 2022 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: Focus on the COVID-19 pandemic imp… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37304090/