Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The winner of the 2025 SBRN Research Leadership Award is Dr. Stuart Biddle (Australia)! Congratulations and thank you, Stuart, for your outstanding leadership in research and scholarly activity in the field of #sedentary behaviour!

www.sedentarybehaviour.org/award-winner... Thank you SBRN for the 2025 Leadership Award! I’m delighted to follow such an outstanding list of previous recipients.

What's the optimal number of steps of physical activity this is associated with multiple (9) favorable outcomes? The largest, systematic review of 57 studies, 35 cohorts. 7,000 steps is clinically meaningful, benefit also seen for 4,000 steps cf 2,000 steps thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NOW OUT: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just out, online via Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting new book out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Associations between green space, and blue space and mental health out... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just out!

JPAH & ISPAH are thrilled to announce the first of our Bill Kohl Peer Review Academy graduates for the Class of 2024, Zhanjia Zhang, who was mentored by Stuart Biddle. Enrollment for next year's class is currently open through June 15th! 🔗 ispah.org/peer-review-... @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social

New paper: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2...

Why is PGA champs coverage so bad on @foxsportsaustralia.bsky.social ? We don’t need to see leader board for endless minutes between shots.

Happy b’day, “Pet Sounds” — released by The Beach Boys today in 1966 and a groundbreaking influence in music. 🎂 “I bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life,” Paul McCartney once said. “I figure no one is educated musically until they’ve heard this album.” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

Our new meta-review in World Psychiatry Efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity in the treatment of mental disorders Led by Prof Vancampfort, we reviewed 256 RCTs including 12,233 individuals @brendonstubbs.bsky.social @peterventevogel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/wps....

If you haven't yet had the pleasure, meet Tepi Mclaughlin, who recently published in JPAH a process evaluation study of the scale-up of a school-based physical activity program for adolescents. doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0038 @healthtepi.bsky.social

To work with the excellent Dr Dominika Pindus: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

🚨 Academic Hiring at QS#1 (for Sport related studies) Loughborough University in the following areas: Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Strength and Conditioning Science Clinical Exercise Physiology* Lecturer lnkd.in/eiyPs73r Senior Lecturer lnkd.in/eQaG4-Kv *Happy to chat more if helpful

MANNA Institute Webinar for World Physical Activity Day. Please see link to the recording. youtu.be/srZlJh0Zduo

Very interesting documentary on the brilliant and prolific keyboard player (the late) Nicky Hopkins.

This looks great: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/wom...

Final lecture at @unisq.bsky.social for the ever wonderful Prof Peter Terry. What a career!

Learn all about #ISBNPA latest activities and discover what’s coming up! 👉 isbnpa.org/news/whats-n...

🌍 Could physical activity (PA) be a missing link in mental health support for displaced communities? Thanks to Intervention Journal for opportunity to provide further background on our recent paper here: journals.lww.com/invn/fulltex...

Just published my first BMJ Opinion, with Kent Buse and Fiona Bull... Powerful actors who undermine physical activity must be challenged... Read the article here: www.bmj.com/content/388/...

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

Looks very interesting and important. Must read.

New:

New paper:

There’s a lot of misinformation about F&A funding right now. Take a moment to watch < 6 minutes), learn, and share to raise awareness about the critical role Facilities & Administration plays in supporting research! #ResearchMatters #fundingfacts youtu.be/yxTDlFvkvio?...

Seems a little surreal to think I published this paper 40 years ago! One of my first.

The pub "Science, Public Health Policy and the Law" is NOT a respected academic journal. 🚩MAJOR RED FLAG!🚩 An antivaxx fanzine run by antivaxxers. Consistently contains often debunked antivaxx nonsense. Good example of how academic literature is getting polluted with BS.

Editor's Choice paper in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: 'Testing theory predictions and intervention mechanisms of action in #sport and #exercise #psychology using #meta-analysis' by @martinhagger.bsky.social and me. doi.org/10.1037/spy0...

A new approach to academic publishing: just pour right-wing money into your own vanity journal. “Peer reviewers” paid $500 per review but are not allowed to advise against publishing the article. Wonder who’s on the editorial board… www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...

Can exercise be the cure for internet addiction? A recent meta-analysis suggests that structured physical activities significantly reduce addiction symptoms while boosting mental health. #Exercise #InternetAddiction #MentalHealth #CollegeStudents #PhysicalActivity

Spot on

📢 Calling all researchers! Late-breaking abstract submissions are OPEN! #ISBNPA2025 Don’t miss your chance to share your groundbreaking research in #behavioralnutrition #physicalactivity #sedentarybehavior or #sleep. 👉 Ensure your abstract aligns with one of our SIGs. 📅 Submit now: loom.ly/14Qv-f8

#IJBNPA REVIEWERS: Discover Springer Nature’s policy on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) USE by peer reviewers Further information here 👇 www.biomedcentral.com/getpublished...

We have new RCT data from sport-for-protection program in Uganda (n=834)! Led by Davy Vancampfort & Kathleen Latimer from the Olympic Refuge Foundation, we found reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression in displaced youth & positive impact on host community www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW SL Sport Psychology position at NTU. If you specialise in applied sport psychology and have experience as a qualified/registered sport psychology practitioner, please consider applying. Deadline to apply is Friday 21st February. Please share. vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Advancing global mental health diplomacy through a rights-based approach www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling theconversation.com/australia-sp...

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

New Blog Post! PEI, Canada introduces new education-based screen time guidelines www.sedentarybehaviour.org/2025/01/30/p...