🏆 JPAH's Best Observational Study (2024) 🏆 “Heat-Resilient Schoolyards: Relations Between Temperature, Shade, and Physical Activity of Children During Recess” doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0405 Congrats to the award-winning authors! Kevin Lanza, @debsalvo.bsky.social et al.

As JPAH enters its third decade, we felt it was time to revise our Mission & Vision statements. As a research community, we hope we're all headed in the same direction -- toward a healthier world that prioritizes equitable health outcomes across diverse populations.

We started the Bill Kohl Peer Review Academy in 2024 with ISPAH to help early career researchers navigate the complexities of peer review in a hands-on, mentor-driven program. Meet our first class of participants! For more info on the participants & the program: ispah.org/introducing-...

New research highlights significant gaps in #PhysicalActivity opportunities in K–12 schools across the US. While elementary schools generally provide more PA options, middle & high schools do not, with access to #PE and #recess falling short of national recommendations. doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

It really says a lot about the state of the world when this is one of the least alarming headlines I've read all day.

No surprise, Trump and his gang are going to make American streets much less successful at moving people and much more gridlocked, hurting the economy, the air quality and health, the climate, and the success of cities. Everything he touches, he’ll make worse.

The real problem in most cities isn’t that the density of people or the density of buildings is “too high.” It’s that the density of cars is too high.

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...

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath grist.org/biking/one-m...