Dr Tepi McLaughlin
@healthtepi.bsky.social
Public Health Researcher & Advocate | Physical Activity | Active Transport | Preferred name: Tepi | Views my own | Matthew.mclaughlin@uwa.edu.au
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The War on … Walking and Biking? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/09/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @keawilson.bsky.social, and @healthtepi.bsky.social
The War on ... Walking and Biking? — Streetsblog USA
Corporations and policymakers aren't just promoting car dependency — they're actively making it harder to walk, bike, and move in our communities. So why is it so hard to name their enemies?
usa.streetsblog.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The War on … Walking and Biking? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/09/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @keawilson.bsky.social, and @healthtepi.bsky.social
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🚨 New ASPA Radio episode!
We speak with Dr. @healthtepi.bsky.social on his new paper about who are the enemies of #physicalactivity.
Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0bvc...
#PublicHealth #UrbanPlanning
We speak with Dr. @healthtepi.bsky.social on his new paper about who are the enemies of #physicalactivity.
Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0bvc...
#PublicHealth #UrbanPlanning
September 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 New ASPA Radio episode!
We speak with Dr. @healthtepi.bsky.social on his new paper about who are the enemies of #physicalactivity.
Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0bvc...
#PublicHealth #UrbanPlanning
We speak with Dr. @healthtepi.bsky.social on his new paper about who are the enemies of #physicalactivity.
Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0bvc...
#PublicHealth #UrbanPlanning
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The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
🚨New Paper Alert: Physical activity has enemies.
🚶♀️ 🌳 To sharpen advocacy, we need to know who our enemies are and how they operate.
DOI: lnkd.in/gf8E9fZb
🙏 @jpahjournal.bsky.social and coauthor team @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @benjaminrigby.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social
🚶♀️ 🌳 To sharpen advocacy, we need to know who our enemies are and how they operate.
DOI: lnkd.in/gf8E9fZb
🙏 @jpahjournal.bsky.social and coauthor team @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @benjaminrigby.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social
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August 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨New Paper Alert: Physical activity has enemies.
🚶♀️ 🌳 To sharpen advocacy, we need to know who our enemies are and how they operate.
DOI: lnkd.in/gf8E9fZb
🙏 @jpahjournal.bsky.social and coauthor team @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @benjaminrigby.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social
🚶♀️ 🌳 To sharpen advocacy, we need to know who our enemies are and how they operate.
DOI: lnkd.in/gf8E9fZb
🙏 @jpahjournal.bsky.social and coauthor team @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @benjaminrigby.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social
Otherwise known as $4 million in subsidies for car dependency.
Free parking is a stupid concept that is unfair on the poor, locking in noisy and smoggy cities. 🚗 💨
I’d have preferred more 🌳 🌷 and footpaths for 🚶♀️.
I take my vote seriously for local elections.
Free parking is a stupid concept that is unfair on the poor, locking in noisy and smoggy cities. 🚗 💨
I’d have preferred more 🌳 🌷 and footpaths for 🚶♀️.
I take my vote seriously for local elections.
August 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Otherwise known as $4 million in subsidies for car dependency.
Free parking is a stupid concept that is unfair on the poor, locking in noisy and smoggy cities. 🚗 💨
I’d have preferred more 🌳 🌷 and footpaths for 🚶♀️.
I take my vote seriously for local elections.
Free parking is a stupid concept that is unfair on the poor, locking in noisy and smoggy cities. 🚗 💨
I’d have preferred more 🌳 🌷 and footpaths for 🚶♀️.
I take my vote seriously for local elections.
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Share your latest research, transformative programs, and policy-shaping initiatives at ASPA 2025 in Newcastle, Australia!
Submit your abstract by 30 June: aspactivity.org/conference-2...
#ASPA2025 #physicalactivity #research #policy #innovation
Submit your abstract by 30 June: aspactivity.org/conference-2...
#ASPA2025 #physicalactivity #research #policy #innovation
June 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Share your latest research, transformative programs, and policy-shaping initiatives at ASPA 2025 in Newcastle, Australia!
Submit your abstract by 30 June: aspactivity.org/conference-2...
#ASPA2025 #physicalactivity #research #policy #innovation
Submit your abstract by 30 June: aspactivity.org/conference-2...
#ASPA2025 #physicalactivity #research #policy #innovation
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The answer for a lower cost of living is walkable neighborhoods!
May 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The answer for a lower cost of living is walkable neighborhoods!
Reposted by Dr Tepi McLaughlin
🏆 JPAH's Best Best Intervention, Policy, or Advocacy Article (2024) 🏆
“Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements”
Free to read: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the authors!!
“Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements”
Free to read: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the authors!!
May 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🏆 JPAH's Best Best Intervention, Policy, or Advocacy Article (2024) 🏆
“Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements”
Free to read: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the authors!!
“Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements”
Free to read: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the authors!!
Reposted by Dr Tepi McLaughlin
"It is not the primary need of man to traverse distances with the rapidity of a motor car"
- Gandhi, Mohandas. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1909.
@healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @keawilson.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social
- Gandhi, Mohandas. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1909.
@healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @keawilson.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"It is not the primary need of man to traverse distances with the rapidity of a motor car"
- Gandhi, Mohandas. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1909.
@healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @keawilson.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social
- Gandhi, Mohandas. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1909.
@healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @keawilson.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social
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Great to be supporting a very practical workshop at #Prevention2025, focused on how a political science lens could help bring a national #PhysicalActivity action plan to fruition to help more Aussies to move more.
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Great to be supporting a very practical workshop at #Prevention2025, focused on how a political science lens could help bring a national #PhysicalActivity action plan to fruition to help more Aussies to move more.
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
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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
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0038
@healthtepi.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0038
@healthtepi.bsky.social
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Great new initiative from @jpahjournal.bsky.social and its particularly pleasing to see previous leaders of the ISPAH early career network @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @healthtepi.bsky.social recognised for their contribution 👏😁
🏆 We're excited to announce the winners of our first-ever Article of the Year awards across five categories! Read this editorial to discover which articles took home the top prize:
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the winning authors! And thanks for submitting your best work to JPAH!!
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Congrats to the winning authors! And thanks for submitting your best work to JPAH!!
April 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great new initiative from @jpahjournal.bsky.social and its particularly pleasing to see previous leaders of the ISPAH early career network @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @healthtepi.bsky.social recognised for their contribution 👏😁
Fantastic to our paper led by @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social in this list! 👏 🥇 🏆
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
April 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Fantastic to our paper led by @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social in this list! 👏 🥇 🏆
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Campaign looks great #TalkAboutFood
"For many years, many public health bodies have been encouraging people to eat healthily, but it is virtually impossible to do so within an environment that doesn’t support this." Dr. Gary Kearney, CEO, Safefood
30-sec Ad: youtu.be/qIxkQYOVpzs?...
"For many years, many public health bodies have been encouraging people to eat healthily, but it is virtually impossible to do so within an environment that doesn’t support this." Dr. Gary Kearney, CEO, Safefood
30-sec Ad: youtu.be/qIxkQYOVpzs?...
Building a healthier food environment
YouTube video by safefoodTV
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Campaign looks great #TalkAboutFood
"For many years, many public health bodies have been encouraging people to eat healthily, but it is virtually impossible to do so within an environment that doesn’t support this." Dr. Gary Kearney, CEO, Safefood
30-sec Ad: youtu.be/qIxkQYOVpzs?...
"For many years, many public health bodies have been encouraging people to eat healthily, but it is virtually impossible to do so within an environment that doesn’t support this." Dr. Gary Kearney, CEO, Safefood
30-sec Ad: youtu.be/qIxkQYOVpzs?...
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In #Budget25, Beer excise is a bigger revenue raiser than the PRRT, one of our main taxes on the gas industry.
Failing to fix the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax was a missed opportunity. Our research shows big gas continues to be a systemic non-payer of tax, while Australians miss out. #auspol
Failing to fix the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax was a missed opportunity. Our research shows big gas continues to be a systemic non-payer of tax, while Australians miss out. #auspol
March 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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6.
Dominic Malcolm et al show how neoliberalism leads to healthism, which promotes exercise which diverge from health maximising behaviours, and how this extends differences in PA uptake, which embeds the health inequalities PAHP is explicitly claimed to address.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dominic Malcolm et al show how neoliberalism leads to healthism, which promotes exercise which diverge from health maximising behaviours, and how this extends differences in PA uptake, which embeds the health inequalities PAHP is explicitly claimed to address.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The World Health Organization, physical activity and the contradictions of neoliberal health promotion
This article constitutes the first holistic exploration of how neoliberalism permeates and manifests in Physical Activity Health Promotion (PAHP). It synthesises a critical analysis of neoliberalis...
www.tandfonline.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
6.
Dominic Malcolm et al show how neoliberalism leads to healthism, which promotes exercise which diverge from health maximising behaviours, and how this extends differences in PA uptake, which embeds the health inequalities PAHP is explicitly claimed to address.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dominic Malcolm et al show how neoliberalism leads to healthism, which promotes exercise which diverge from health maximising behaviours, and how this extends differences in PA uptake, which embeds the health inequalities PAHP is explicitly claimed to address.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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8 articles for changing your mind about physical activity, human movement, and health.
1.
@benjaminrigby.bsky.social
et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1.
@benjaminrigby.bsky.social
et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reflections on inaction: how might we reverse continuing trends in physical inactivity
Physical activity (PA) participation has the potential to support people in living more fulfilling lives. However, recent statistics show that our efforts to increase PA around the world are not wo...
www.tandfonline.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
8 articles for changing your mind about physical activity, human movement, and health.
1.
@benjaminrigby.bsky.social
et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1.
@benjaminrigby.bsky.social
et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New video relating to our article in The Conversation www.instagram.com/reel/DGnFXTD...
New video from @aunz.theconversation.com
New video from @aunz.theconversation.com
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February 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New video relating to our article in The Conversation www.instagram.com/reel/DGnFXTD...
New video from @aunz.theconversation.com
New video from @aunz.theconversation.com
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If you're at all interested in commercial determinants of health #CDoH and health harming industries, then this article from @maizie333.bsky.social and colleagues is a must read.
The striking similarities between these two industry statements & what unfolded since are analysed by us in the @bmj.com. We add to the extensive evidence that health-harming industries mimic tobacco industry strategies to promote their business interests www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Learning from tobacco control to tackle gambling industry harms
The use of tobacco industry tactics by the gambling and other health harming industries means governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm, argue May van Schalkwyk and colleagues
When ...
www.bmj.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If you're at all interested in commercial determinants of health #CDoH and health harming industries, then this article from @maizie333.bsky.social and colleagues is a must read.
Reposted by Dr Tepi McLaughlin
Reposted by Dr Tepi McLaughlin
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
theconversation.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
Drivers would benefit from a change to transport funding, here's how
theconversation.com/australia-sp...
theconversation.com/australia-sp...
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
theconversation.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Drivers would benefit from a change to transport funding, here's how
theconversation.com/australia-sp...
theconversation.com/australia-sp...
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“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...
“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...
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“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...
“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...
🔔 Final chance, survey closes Friday 31st Jan
❓ What are your thoughts on this? Pls consider completing our rapid survey! 🚲 🚶♂️ ⚽️ 🌳 🏘️
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/sps/rapid-...
Investigator team: Joey Murphy Jo Salmon, Grant Ennis, Andrea Ramirez Varela & Jim Sallis
January 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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