News on Physical Activity from GAPA!
Hello everyone! We are back and we would like to wish to each and every one of you a very happy and creative new year! We start off 2012 with an interesting announcement! The Global Advocacy for...
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Our August issue is out and you can find the table of contents here! In this issue, you will find numerous papers on migrant health (ranging from health in migrant children in Switzerland to migration...
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Start active stay active! And while you are at it, eat your 5 a day!
At least that’s what Guidelines say you should do! And -most importantly- what children should do as well! According to UK Guidelines young children should have at least 60 minutes per day of...
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Physical activity interventions: how to make them work!
You hear it in the media. You hear it from your doctor. Hey, you have even heard if in this blog. Physical activity is good for you. Physical activity is good for everyone. But not everyone is so keen...
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Physical inactivty. Not just a first world problem.
Happy New Year everyone! We are back for good and this is officially our first post of 2014! Shortly before we left, we had talked about new year’s resolutions . I cannot prove it, but I am quite sure...
View ArticleInternational Journal of Public Health: New issue out now!
We are happy to present you the second IJPH issue of this year! Twenty-two papers covering a variety of subjects, including smoking, physical activity, socioeconomic inequalities, amongst others! In...
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Exercising 2 times per week for 4 weeks: can it make you happier?
At the International Journal of Public Health we are regularly publish papers on physical activity (some recent examples here, here and here). Our latest paper on that front looks into the effect of...
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Our latest issue is out! Physical activity, smoking, birth weight, self-rated...
Spring has come in Switzerland. The sun might have distracted me a bit and I forgot to introduce you to our latest issue. Let me make up for it: Blog readers, this is IJPH’s latest issue. IJPH latest...
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More than 40% of university students in 23 countries are physically inactive
picture credit Are you physically active? Before rushing to say “yes”, I’ll give you the official definition of what that means, according to the WHO: assuming that you are an adult, at least 150...
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Smoking increases the likelihood of physical inactivity: new infographic
It’s been a while we did not make an infographic! So without further delay, there you go! You can read the full text of the study for free by clicking here (and you can find the links for the pfd here)...
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Does being an Olympic city help improve recreational resources?
Being greek, I remember very well the time the summer Olympic games “returned” to Athens in 2004, even if I was alredy living away from Greece at the time. I remember a general joyous atmosphere and...
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