📣 March Photo Competition Winner 🏆 Congratulations to Prof. Ulf Ekelund who captured a fantastic photo of cross-country skiing with friends in Sweden. ⭐ Submit your photo for next month's competition: 🔗 buff.ly/48sVJf7 #PhysicalActivity

❓Is there a magic number when it comes to #PhysicalActivity? ⏰ More is more! Great infographic from British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) 👏🏻

Kicking off #SFAIM24 with Ulf Ekelund on the link between physical activity and health 🔥

"Genetic liability to sedentary behavior is an underrecognized driver of common CVDs." Laura Joensuu did a great job with this #GenActive preprint using both Finngen and HUNT. Kaisa Koivunen Ulf Ekelund medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

WHO latest report shows 1/3 adults (1.8 billion) do not meet recommended levels of physical activity - this increases risk of NCDs. Wake up call for more action & investment in PA. Read more in Lancet Global Health tinyurl.com/39ysuhx6

Interested in new data on global levels of physical inactivity and WHO projections for 2030 ....... See new paper in The Lancet Global Health tinyurl.com/39ysuhx6 Harry Rutter World Health Organization (WHO) BBC News (World) Ruediger.Krech NCD Alliance @UN Task Force #NCDs IOC MEDIA UN Women UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 ISPAH

And then next Wednesday, we'll be doing a deeper dive into the methods and data available

Here to help-summary of key findings from new global study on physical inactivity Download WHO report:➡️tinyurl.com/ytby3aa2 See data:➡️tinyurl.com/46kwkadf More info:➡️ shorturl.at/8ddIC Full paper LGH: shorturl.at/RWAHq WFSGI The Lancet ISPAH NCD Alliance

Just out: review of national surveillance systems using devices to assess population levels of physical activity ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#PhysicalActivity field needs mission-oriented research to make a real difference. We propose a framework for realigning the research agenda with population-level impact. The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Check out our recent publication in The Lancet discussing a framework for impactful, equitable physical activity research in a world of global syndemics. Honored to be involved in such essential discussions with a brilliant team!

A thought provocing commentary for the physical activity community - Norges idrettshøgskole

"My experience as a reviewer for MDPI." deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/guest-…

There have been concerns about high levels of endurance exercise on cardiac function Our study is reassuring High levels of physical activity are associated with cardiac remodelling within normal ranges. Led by @ProfTomYates & Gerry McCann European Society of Cardiology Journals

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Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) College of AHS Grégore Mielke UQ Medicine Ulf Ekelund Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | IFP Inácio Crochemore-Silva Sedentary Behaviour Research Network Physical Activity Ex Fibion ⭐ Decoding Physical Behaviors 😴🪑🚶📊 Active Working ISPAH American Heart Association Heart Foundation Dr. Larry Creswell Everyday Health World Heart Federation Global Heart Hub American College of Cardiology

Nice harmonized accelerometer meta-analysis led by Jakob Tarp across 9 prospective studies in adults—building up activity volume linked to lower mortality risk, with some added benefit from more moderate intensity activity ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-… #PublicHealth #PhysicalActivity

Medicine Medicine LWW launched in 1922; a respectable journal it published many important papers. It is now a cash-cow publishing much paper-mill trash for large fees paid to the supposedly respectable Lippincott publishers. Read the abstract below & weep pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38306546/

Our paper with NCD Risk Factor Collaboration led by Majid Ezzati & team Institute of Global Health Innovation Using population based data from all major regions of the world the study evaluated how BMI and abdominal adiposity predict hypertension status thelancet.com/journals/lance… The Lancet

Diabetes & prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain aging, especially among men and people with poor cardiometabolic health. BUT A healthy lifestyle may counteract this! diabetesjournals.org/care/article/d… ADA Professional Publications