Journal of Physical Activity & Health
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JPAH publishes impactful research that drives transformational change in physical activity participation globally. Editors: Melody Ding & Rodrigo S. Reis. Official journal of @ispah.org
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February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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📣 Calling all low- and middle-income country early career researchers!
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Have you applied for the #ISPAH2026 Congress LMIC ECR Scholarship, sponsored by @jpahjournal.bsky.social?
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January 18, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Have you applied for the #ISPAH2026 Congress LMIC ECR Scholarship, sponsored by @jpahjournal.bsky.social?
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A recent study tracked body size & multiple fitness components among children aged 6–18. Despite increases in body size, body size–adjusted declines were observed in CRF + reaction time, w/additional age-specific changes across balance, speed, & muscular power.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0532
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0532
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A recent study tracked body size & multiple fitness components among children aged 6–18. Despite increases in body size, body size–adjusted declines were observed in CRF + reaction time, w/additional age-specific changes across balance, speed, & muscular power.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0532
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0532
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✍️ Abstract submissions for #ISPAH2026 Congress are open until next month!
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January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
✍️ Abstract submissions for #ISPAH2026 Congress are open until next month!
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January 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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The recording is available now! Check it out to learn more about LMIC ECR Congress Scholarships.
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We begin 2026 with our new Co-Editor in place. Rodrigo S. Reis joins Melody Ding in co-leading the journal. The pair will handle desk-reject decisions for JPAH, which received almost 950 submissions in 2025.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
We begin 2026 with our new Co-Editor in place. Rodrigo S. Reis joins Melody Ding in co-leading the journal. The pair will handle desk-reject decisions for JPAH, which received almost 950 submissions in 2025.
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The political declaration of the fourth UN high level meeting on NCDs and mental health has finally been adopted. Here @ispah.org reflect on this milestone in the context of physical activity.
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Thank you @jpahjournal.bsky.social for your speedy review and publication!!
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Thank you @jpahjournal.bsky.social for your speedy review and publication!!
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December 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The political declaration of the fourth UN high level meeting on NCDs and mental health has finally been adopted. Here @ispah.org reflect on this milestone in the context of physical activity.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Thank you @jpahjournal.bsky.social for your speedy review and publication!!
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Thank you @jpahjournal.bsky.social for your speedy review and publication!!
🛹 We're rolling into 2026 with a new cover!!
#activetransport
#healthyaging
#builtenvironment
#publicspaces
#physicalactivity
#activetransport
#healthyaging
#builtenvironment
#publicspaces
#physicalactivity
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🛹 We're rolling into 2026 with a new cover!!
#activetransport
#healthyaging
#builtenvironment
#publicspaces
#physicalactivity
#activetransport
#healthyaging
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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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🥹 We're saying goodbye to Pedro Hallal, whose 5-year term as Co-Editor wraps up at the end of the year. Our Editorial Board and editors wish him well and talk about the impact of his editorship in this video.
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@ispah.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🥹 We're saying goodbye to Pedro Hallal, whose 5-year term as Co-Editor wraps up at the end of the year. Our Editorial Board and editors wish him well and talk about the impact of his editorship in this video.
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@ispah.org
Prof. Pedro Hallal's 5-year term as JPAH (Co-)Editor ends this year. In this editorial, he reflects on positive changes to the field and the journal’s significant growth. Plus, some ongoing concerns to address that lead to “bad science”.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Prof. Pedro Hallal's 5-year term as JPAH (Co-)Editor ends this year. In this editorial, he reflects on positive changes to the field and the journal’s significant growth. Plus, some ongoing concerns to address that lead to “bad science”.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Help us showcase your work and promote global #PhysicalActivity research 🌎 🏃♀️
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Help us showcase your work and promote global #PhysicalActivity research 🌎 🏃♀️
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Join us in welcoming @drjohnchong.bsky.social to our Editorial Board, where he co-leads JPAH's Early Career Researcher Committee.
He is a Research Fellow at the Univ. of Sydney, and he uses advanced measurement and analytical methods to evaluate population time-use behaviors.
He is a Research Fellow at the Univ. of Sydney, and he uses advanced measurement and analytical methods to evaluate population time-use behaviors.
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Join us in welcoming @drjohnchong.bsky.social to our Editorial Board, where he co-leads JPAH's Early Career Researcher Committee.
He is a Research Fellow at the Univ. of Sydney, and he uses advanced measurement and analytical methods to evaluate population time-use behaviors.
He is a Research Fellow at the Univ. of Sydney, and he uses advanced measurement and analytical methods to evaluate population time-use behaviors.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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✍️ Symposia submissions for #ISPAH2026 Congress are now open!
🔗 Submit your proposal by 19th December at: ispah.org/congress-202...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
✍️ Symposia submissions for #ISPAH2026 Congress are now open!
🔗 Submit your proposal by 19th December at: ispah.org/congress-202...
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Emerging genetic evidence suggests that physical activity may help lower the risk of sleep disorders. A new study revealed a significant negative association between physical activity and sleep disorders, indicating a potential protective effect.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0152
#sleepdisorder
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0152
#sleepdisorder
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Emerging genetic evidence suggests that physical activity may help lower the risk of sleep disorders. A new study revealed a significant negative association between physical activity and sleep disorders, indicating a potential protective effect.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0152
#sleepdisorder
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0152
#sleepdisorder
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📣 Submissions are now open for #ISPAH2026 Congress!
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Send us your abstracts, symposia and workshop ideas.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📣 Submissions are now open for #ISPAH2026 Congress!
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✨The first manuscript from my Mitacs Accelerate internship with @participaction.bsky.social has been published in @jpahjournal.bsky.social ✨
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October 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
✨The first manuscript from my Mitacs Accelerate internship with @participaction.bsky.social has been published in @jpahjournal.bsky.social ✨
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Excited to share our new paper: “The Around the Clock Terminology Consortium — A Global Consensus on the 24‑Hour Cycle of PA, SB & Sleep.” @jpahjournal.bsky.social
Grateful to all co-authors and a special thanks to Ryan Falk for leading this global effort!
Read here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Grateful to all co-authors and a special thanks to Ryan Falk for leading this global effort!
Read here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
doi.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Excited to share our new paper: “The Around the Clock Terminology Consortium — A Global Consensus on the 24‑Hour Cycle of PA, SB & Sleep.” @jpahjournal.bsky.social
Grateful to all co-authors and a special thanks to Ryan Falk for leading this global effort!
Read here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Grateful to all co-authors and a special thanks to Ryan Falk for leading this global effort!
Read here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
Authors of a new commentary argue that while digital technologies create opportunities for data-driven learning and interventions, they also raise important challenges around equity, privacy, and health data literacy -- especially for children.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0142
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0142
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Authors of a new commentary argue that while digital technologies create opportunities for data-driven learning and interventions, they also raise important challenges around equity, privacy, and health data literacy -- especially for children.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0142
doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0142
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📣 Current ISPAH members: You can now nominate your recent @jpahjournal.bsky.social publications to be promoted across ISPAH’s global communication channels!
🌍 Reaching thousands of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
⭐ Spotlight your JPAH publications with ISPAH! ⭐
📣 Current ISPAH members: You can now nominate your recent @jpahjournal.bsky.social publications to be promoted across ISPAH’s global communication channels!
🌍 Reaching thousands of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide...
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📣 Current ISPAH members: You can now nominate your recent @jpahjournal.bsky.social publications to be promoted across ISPAH’s global communication channels!
🌍 Reaching thousands of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide...
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A new commentary by Rodrigo Reis argues that the stagnation in global progress in combating physical inactivity is not only a health challenge but also a governance one.
Democracies are uniquely positioned to support physical activity research & impact change.
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@ispah.org
Democracies are uniquely positioned to support physical activity research & impact change.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@ispah.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A new commentary by Rodrigo Reis argues that the stagnation in global progress in combating physical inactivity is not only a health challenge but also a governance one.
Democracies are uniquely positioned to support physical activity research & impact change.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@ispah.org
Democracies are uniquely positioned to support physical activity research & impact change.
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@ispah.org
Developing consistent, evidence-based physical activity & sedentary behavior guidelines requires shared methodological standards.
A new Delphi study reached consensus on key processes to strengthen guideline development and improve global consistency.
➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0175
A new Delphi study reached consensus on key processes to strengthen guideline development and improve global consistency.
➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0175
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Developing consistent, evidence-based physical activity & sedentary behavior guidelines requires shared methodological standards.
A new Delphi study reached consensus on key processes to strengthen guideline development and improve global consistency.
➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0175
A new Delphi study reached consensus on key processes to strengthen guideline development and improve global consistency.
➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0175
Applying the 24-hour movement paradigm to people diagnosed with cancer may offer a more ability-focused way to address movement behaviors.
A recent scoping review explores this idea further:
🔗 doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0062
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A recent scoping review explores this idea further:
🔗 doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0062
@drfionarkennedy.bsky.social @markhamer.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Applying the 24-hour movement paradigm to people diagnosed with cancer may offer a more ability-focused way to address movement behaviors.
A recent scoping review explores this idea further:
🔗 doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0062
@drfionarkennedy.bsky.social @markhamer.bsky.social
A recent scoping review explores this idea further:
🔗 doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0062
@drfionarkennedy.bsky.social @markhamer.bsky.social