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Peter McCue with a slide welcoming delegates to the workshop on physical activity

Peter McCue presents a slide asking why Australia doesn’t have a Physical Activity Action Plan.

Prof Jo Salmon presents a slide and overview of ASPA’s call to action

Peter McCue displays a slide to explain relationship between research and policy

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...

29.04.2025 01:25 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Current Issue Table of Contents: Canadian Journal of Cardiology

If you are interested in sports and exercise, the Canadian Journal of Cardiology has an excellent, newly released special issues on this topic:
onlinecjc.ca/issue/S08282...

It was a privilege and fun to be involved in several of these articles: 👀👇

@ccs-scc.bsky.social @heartinstitute.bsky.social

21.03.2025 18:00 — 👍 18    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0

Did you know ICCPR has its very own podcast? 🎙️ We’re excited to share that we have 3 episodes available, hosted by
@dioncandelaria.bsky.social Tune in to hear insightful conversations and perspectives on global cardiovascular rehab & more: buzzsprout.com/2418376/epis...
#letstalkICCPR

13.03.2025 00:08 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

📢 New Article Published in BMC Public Health!

Wolfgang Geidl, together with colleagues from the Universities of Vechta, Tübingen, and Potsdam, as well as the Robert Koch Institute, has published a new article in BMC Public Health.

📄 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1186/s128...

21.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Public health is important - as the data below on the impact of smoking reduction show. Over 4 decades, risk of pre-mature (<70yrs) death from smoking reduced from 16 in 100 to 3 in 100. That's a lot more grandmas and grandpas caring for/enjoying their grandkids :-)

17.02.2025 00:47 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Scale-up influences and definitions of scale-up ‘success’: evidence from globally scaled interventions Influences on scale-up and definitions of scale-up ‘success’ that include scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes, and context.

How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this?

In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts...

Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...

14.02.2025 03:34 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Nordic Walking Can Improve Your Heart Function. Here's How It Works. A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.

A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.

08.02.2025 08:02 — 👍 20    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease - npj Women's Health npj Women's Health - A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease

Excited to share our systematic review exploring gender-based disparities in the healthcare experiences of people living with coronary heart disease. Led by Helen Brown, Dr. James Lucas and Rachel Huxley.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

24.11.2024 21:39 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults KEY POINTS Canada is poised to become a “super-aged” country in 2025, when at least 20% of the nation’s population will be aged 65 years and older; furthermore, over the next 2 decades the number of p...

Thrilled to share our Canadian Medical Association Journal article published today! Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults.

It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).

Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

27.01.2025 19:37 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Intensity Cut‐Points for Hip‐, Wrist‐, Thigh‐, and Lower Back Worn Accelerometer in Very Old Adults Physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of negative mental and physical health outcomes in older adults. Traditionally, PA intensity is classified using METs, with 1 MET equal to 3.5 mL O2·min−1·kg−1...

Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Hip-, Wrist-, Thigh-, and Lower Back Worn Accelerometer in Very Old Adults onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

24.01.2025 09:43 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library Objectives Behaviour change interventions offered opportunistically by healthcare professionals can support patient health behaviour change. The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme in Irelan.....

This is an interesting study on the implementation of a national programme to train and support healthcare professionals in brief behavioural interventions, bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

19.01.2025 11:45 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Get the message? A scoping review of physical activity messaging - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Background Understanding how to create and deliver effective physical activity (PA) messages for and to various population subgroups may play a role in increasing population PA levels. This scoping re...

Oh.. and if you want some evidence to support this you could start here 😉: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

12.12.2024 10:47 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

‘Just do something you enjoy!’ Have official targets made exercise a chore – and happiness more elusive? We all know roughly how many minutes we should be spending getting sweaty every week, thanks to repeated messages from national governments and the World Health Organization. When it comes to mental h...

Yes! This! Guidelines are for us (researchers), not for the public. Physical activity messages should forget the threshold and promote short term/immediate benefits - and these usually relate to social and mental health! ✨ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

12.12.2024 10:43 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

Mobile Health delivered physical activity after mild stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Is it feasible and acceptable? - PubMed ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05111951)Keywords: physical activity, mHealth, stroke, TIA, feasibility.

#Physical #activity promotion in #healthcare settings #HEPAEurope: Mobile Health delivered physical activity after mild stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Is it feasible and acceptable? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800974/

14.01.2025 10:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Mobile Health for Cardiac Rehab Doesn’t Aid Older Adults With CVD: RESILIENT An app-based program failed to boost function for most at 3 months, but positive signs were seen in women and after CABG.

www.tctmd.com/news/mobile-...
#CardioSky

15.01.2025 19:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

How much leisure-time #PhysicalActivity (LTPA) benefits stroke survivors the most? A recent study sheds light on the dose–response relationship between LTPA and all-cause mortality in stroke survivors.

🔗 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0287

#StrokeSurvivors #PublicHealth

15.01.2025 16:05 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium | Circulation BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP)–lowering effects of structured exercise are well-established. Effects of 24-hour movement behaviors captured in free-living settings have received less attention. This ...

Exciting @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social #Circulation & further evidence #ExerciseIsMedicine #JustMove

Device-Measured 24-Hour Movt Behaviors & #BloodPressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

14.01.2025 08:23 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

New #IJBNPA umbrella review and meta-analysis about the effectiveness of #DigitalInterventions to increase #PhysicalActivity in older adults! #HealthyAging
Check this out 👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

10.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

New #IJBNPA publication examined the 24-hour #MovementBehavior of people with first-ever stroke, its types and transitions using a person-centered approach! #StrokeRecovery
Check this out 👉 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

07.01.2025 10:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine - Nature Medicine Studies from wearables show that even small doses of physical activity provide health benefits; guidelines should be updated to reflect this.

Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine; www.nature.com/articles/s41...

09.01.2025 08:37 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.

“A 5-year study of 263K U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017, found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%, and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively. Other large-scale studies have found similar.” Via @CarltonReid.com

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‘Future studies should focus on gaps in knowledge of the relationship between #physicalactivity & CVD events…for both primary & secondary prevention…including evaluating thresholds & addressing sex differences’

onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...

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10.01.2025 03:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So how much MVPA & SB should our #CHD patients do to ⬇️ risk of #CVD events?

Using survival 🌳s we found:

👉 non-fatal cardiac events: 122min/wk MVPA

👉 total cardiac events: 94min/wk MVPA, <4h/d SB

👉 MACE: 94min/wk MVPA, <10h/d SB

👉 & there were sex differences!

onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...

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10.01.2025 03:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In our study of >40,000 Aussies 🇦🇺 with #CHD we found:

👉 risk of cardiac & all-cause death ⬇️ 20-30% with any PA

👉 walking & MVPA >150min/wk ⬇️ risk of cardiac & all-cause death by ~40%

👉 IF you did >150min/wk MVPA & <7hr/day SB, risk of death ⬇️ by 70%!

www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

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10.01.2025 03:17 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

In people with #CHD health professionals recommend they achieve the public health #physicalactivity guidelines for secondary prevention

BUT

should they do more or less to ⬇️ their risk of a repeat 💔 or premature death???

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10.01.2025 02:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0