Join us in offering a warm welcome to new Editorial Board member Inés Nieto, an Asst Prof at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain. She studies the social value of physical activity and sports. Read her recent work published in JPAH: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0362 @inesnietoromero.bsky.social

🔔 Happening soon 🔔 Don’t miss the ISPAH- @jpahjournal.bsky.social webinar on leveraging technology in physical activity research! Discover key insights from the JPAH Special Issue and explore how innovation is shaping future measurement/surveillance/interventions worldwide. 📆 20 May 2026 1/2

This free webinar is not to be missed for those utilizing technology to advance physical activity-related science and implementation.

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🎤 Join us for the free ISPAH–@jpahjournal.bsky.social Webinar on leveraging technology in #PhysicalActivity research! 🗓️ Wednesday 20 May 2026, across time zones. 🔗 Register now at: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌟 #JPAH Article Spotlight! 🌟 💭 We're highlighting a study from #ISPAH member Zoe Helme: ➡️ This qualitative descriptive study explores how #WholeSchoolPhysicalActivity programmes are sustained in real-world settings. 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah... 🔗 Zoe's ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-90...

Join us in welcoming @drrichardlarouche.bsky.social to our Board! As Director of the Physical Activity, Transport and Health (PATH) Research Group at the University of Lethbridge, his research interests include active transport, outdoor play, independent mobility, sustainability & climate change.

Announcing a Call for Papers for a new special issue on #ImplementationScience related to physical activity & health. We will address a key knowledge gap -- how do we establish evidence-based programs and policies in real-world settings? ➡️ journals.humankinetics.com/page/JPAH-ca... @ispah.org

📣 @jpahjournal.bsky.social Article Spotlight for March We're highlighting a powerful commentary by #JPAH Co-Editors Melody Ding & Rodrigo Reis: Physical Activity as a Human Health Right for Displaced Populations. 1/2

“Advocating for active mobility should be based on robust and conclusive evidence, particularly when addressing complex and often stigmatised public health challenges such as mental ill-health.” 🧠 🚲 Read our latest commentary in @jpahjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

🌐 The GoPA! and GoPE! 2025 Country Cards have been published in JPAH in abstract form. ➡️ doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2026-0089 This is the third (and most comprehensive) set of GoPA! Cards (186 countries) and the first set of GoPE! Cards (159 countries).

👋 Don’t forget to register for our upcoming FREE webinar on March 18, 2026! 🌍️ Featuring early-career researchers from the EURO region sharing their expertise on cross-country collaborations and funding success 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/5EkSGtM #PhysicalActivity #ISPAH #EarlyCareerResearcher

Today we celebrate Callum Regan, a PhD student working at the @ki.se in Sweden. Callum recently published an interesting article in JPAH that found that physical activity & sedentary behavior levels varied more by sex & education than by chronic disease. doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

📣 New publication alert! Our systematic review and meta-analysis testing Katzmarzyk and Mason's physical activity transition model in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) was just published in @jpahjournal.bsky.social journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

Displaced populations deserve the right to be physically active. In a call to action, our Co-Editors Melody Ding and Rodrigo Reis advocate for integrating physical activity into humanitarian and immigration policy. Please read the commentary: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2026-0079

Raúl Gierbolini-Rivera published an analysis of national plans for climate adaptation in LMICs. His research found a critical need for synergistic strategies and policy integration that recognize the co-benefits of climate adaptation efforts and PA promotion. doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0691

🎙️Confirmed speaker: Deborah Salvo 🌎️ Global leader in #PhysicalActivity, urban health, and equity-focused research, with a strong commitment to Latin America and low- and middle-income countries. 📍 Hear her keynote at #ISPAH2026, Mérida 🔗 Full bio: buff.ly/1cThm66 1/2

⚠️ If you're an early career researcher from a low- to middle- income country, and interested in the @jpahjournal.bsky.social -sponsored scholarship to attend #ISPAH2026, you have just a couple of days left to apply! 🕑 Submissions close on Monday 16th February. 🔗 buff.ly/uKroqPs

Scholarships – ISPAH Congress 2026

For the 2026 ISPAH Congress, The Journal of Physical Activity and Health (JPAH) is supporting two scholarships for low- and middle-income early career researche

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We're expanding our Editorial Board! Join a journal on the rise and on a mission: forms.gle/2uXnJeCt9tnF... @ispah.org @melodyding.bsky.social @gregoremielke.bsky.social

⚠️ It's the final few days in which you can submit your abstract! Don’t miss your chance to be part of #ISPAH2026 Congress. 🔗 Submit today at: buff.ly/HLyceMx 💡 @inspmx.bsky.social | @utaustin.bsky.social #ActividadFisica #AtividadeFisica #Merida #Mexico

📣 Calling all low- and middle-income country early career researchers! Have you applied for the #ISPAH2026 Congress LMIC ECR Scholarship, sponsored by @jpahjournal.bsky.social? Hear from Dra. Gabriela Agrumedo, 2022 ISPAH Congress ECR Scholarship recipient, on her tips for your application! 1/2

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

✍️ Abstract submissions for #ISPAH2026 Congress are open until next month! Showcase your research and connect with a global community. 🔗 Submit your abstract by 9th February at buff.ly/HLyceMx 💡 @inspmx.bsky.social | @utaustin.bsky.social #ActividadFisica #AtividadeFisica #Merida #Mexico

⭐ Keen to catch up on the recent ISPAH-JPAH Early Career Social Webinar? The recording is available now! Check it out to learn more about LMIC ECR Congress Scholarships. 🔗 👉 ispah.org/councils-and...

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. journals.humankinetics.com/fileasset/JP...

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!!

🛹 We're rolling into 2026 with a new cover!! #activetransport #healthyaging #builtenvironment #publicspaces #physicalactivity

🌟 ISPAH member exclusive 🌟 📢 Have you recently published in @jpahjournal.bsky.social? 🌐 Submit your article to be featured in ISPAH's monthly Active Evidence Reel Series, promoted across our social media, newsletter, and website. ➡️ Submit here: buff.ly/nwjwMI3 #ISPAH #JPAH #PhysicalActivity

🥹 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. @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”. doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

📢 Are you an ISPAH member with a recent publication in @jpahjournal.bsky.social? Submit your article to be featured in our monthly Active Evidence Reel Series! Help us showcase your work and promote global #PhysicalActivity research 🌎 🏃‍♀️ ➡️ Submit here: ispah.org/members-area...

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.