October 2024
International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress
From October 28 to 31st, lab members had the opportunity to participate in the 10th ISPAH Congress 2024 conference hosted in Paris, France by the French Society of Public Health. The ISPAH Congress is the biggest platform dedicated to sharing updates on The Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018-2030. Hoping to achieve the global target goal of reducing physical inactivity by 15% by 2030, this Congress allows a space where collaboration between public health professionals, practitioners, and researchers can explore different methods of taking action.
This year’s conference theme was “Accelerating policy and practice to ensure physical activity for all,” by addressing inequalities in physical activity participation, strengthening partnerships for a unified approach, and delivering sustainable change locally, nationally, and globally.
This year, lab members were able to share their own research goals and ideas through poster presentations.
- Kaiyue Zhang presented her topic titled “A bibliometric analysis of three decades of physical activity and health research in China.”
- Otavio Leao’s poster presentation discussed “Patterns in screen time use among children aged 7 years.”
- Ashley Cathro was able to present her topic on “Assessing physical activity research, surveillance, and policy in Canada: GoPA!”