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Megan Teychenne

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πŸ”Ž NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow - Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University πŸƒπŸ½β€β™€οΈ Research interests: Improving mental health through physical activity - target populations: adults, women, perinatal women

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πŸ’‘Take home message: Prioritising promotion of leisure-time PA may be particularly important for supporting mental health.

Thanks to all authors involved - it was an incredible team effort!

The article can be found at:
doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...

04.09.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

βœ…πŸš΄πŸ½πŸ§Ή Transport-related and household PA is associated with better mental health

β€ΌοΈπŸ”¨ Work-related PA is positively associated with mental ill-health

βœ…βš½οΈ School sport is inversely associated with mental ill-health

04.09.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We meta-analysed evidence from 372 studies - more than 1K effect sizes - in a combined sample of over 3 million people - to show:

βœ…βœ… πŸŒοΈβ€β™€οΈLeisure-time PA is the only domain associated with better mental health and lower likelihood of mental ill-health

04.09.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does the association between physical activity and mental health/ill-health differ dependant on the domain in which physical activity is performed? Yes it does!

doi.org/10.1136/bjsp...

04.09.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) programs support the mental health and wellbeing of (the 1 in 3) women who have experienced gender-based violence?

We synthesised the evidence here:

ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Brilliantly led by Thea Baker!

@srosenbaum.bsky.social

24.04.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are lifestyle-based interventions aligned w @who.int guidance mental health policy?
πŸ“˜5 modules:
πŸ‘‰ lnkd.in/gNyYKBQt

Takeaways (Module 2):

Lifestyle interventions are rights-affirming & core to dignity, autonomy, and recoveryπŸ“2.2

Lay providers, physio's, EPs, coaches can be part of MH workforceπŸ“3.1

23.04.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0