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UTAS HABIT Lab

@TheHABIT_Lab

Educating the population about the health hazard of prolonged sitting, and researching cross-disciplinary solutions to improve health outcomes for aging adults

 Launceston Tasmania Australia
utas.edu.au/education/utawl
Joined August 2014
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Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off! 1 in 6 Belgian employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year. brusselstimes.com/1401729/be…
Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work

Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work

One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.

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Two FREE eight week programs coming to the @CityLaunceston next month. For more information check out activelaunceston.com.au/Port… @healthytas
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Our researchers including @DavidWDunstan and colleagues @Swinburne have studied the habits of thousands of adults to find the healthiest daily balance of #sleeping, #sitting, #standing and #moving. Here is what they found. #SitLessMoveMore houseofwellness.com.au/uncat…
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Great to see a shoutout to @TAPPCentre in the #Budget2024 factsheet on ‘A fit and healthy Australia’ outlining investment to prevent illness at health.gov.au/resources/publ… #prevention #HealthBudget2024
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Thanks to @tazpede, and @CMainsbridge for their constructive inputs @UTAS_ @ActiveWorkLab. Such a great learning experience
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Rose Nash@PharmEducator11 Aug 2023
Join us Thursday at 5pm for a celebration to thank our amazing supporters & launch HealthLit4Everyone. If you are an existing supporter or you are curious about how you can become a supporter come along. Once you hear our mission & vision you will be hooked! QR code registration
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Vorn C@VornC27 Jun 2023
‘It’s not a priority’: Australian generalist classroom teacher experiences of teaching the Health Education component of Health and Physical Education rdcu.be/de0by #HPE #Health #primaryschool #pechat #healtheducation
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Are you using #ChatGPT in your #physed research? We just published this #OpenAccess in @JTPEjournal It’s about the potential (good and bad) of AI to change research and PETE. It can speed research up but also has HUGE ethics issues. journals.humankinetics.com/d…
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EuropeActive@Europe_Active5 Dec 2022
📢 A new study published in @TheLancet highlights the enormous cost of inaction on physical inactivity to public health-care systems 🤔 In short: it's huge and could reach approximately $47·6 billion per year 💸 It's time to act and better promote physical activity! #BeActive
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Lauren Ball@ProfLaurenBall20 Sep 2022
SUCH a useful table! Research gap types #AcademicTwitter
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Childhood risk factors are associated with #cardiovasculardisease events in adulthood 👇 This was a huge collaborative effort lead by researchers from @ResearchMenzies Congratulations to all involved!
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📢BIG news from i3C: Childhood CV risk factors are associated with adult events/mortality. Hazard ratio for fatal event at av. age 47 yrs was 2.71 for combined-risk z-score measured at av. age of 11 yrs. #CardioTwitter @BPOzKids @HBPRCA @heartfoundation nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events | NEJM

Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events | NEJM

Childhood cardiovascular risk factors predict subclinical adult cardiovascular disease, but links to clinical events are unclear. In a prospective cohort study involving participants in the Interna...

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Scotty P@tazpede29 Dec 2021
Replying to @TheHABIT_Lab
I love it. Come on Australia @maccas let's get this going!
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Our new paper on the feasibility and validity of #EMA to assess physical activity and sedentary behavior in a sample of largely African-American/Black, low-income older adults is published online @JMPBjournal. Check out our infographic ⬇️⬇️⬇️ for a summary of the main findings
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Please retweet! I am recruiting PhD and MS students to join the Physical Activity and Lifetime Wellness Lab @UNCGKin in Fall 2022. Our lab uses ecological momentary assessment (#EMA) methods to better understand physical activity & sedentary behavior!
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Come work with us @PsychologyUtas @UTAS_! Currently recruiting Level B academic careers.utas.edu.au/ci/en/jo… and Psychology Clinic Director careers.utas.edu.au/ci/en/jo…. Incredible students, staff and location! #psychology #AcademicTwitter #psychologicalscience #Jobs
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Calling #Teachers in #Tasmania - Do your students have questions about climate change? We want to answer them! curiousclimate.org.au/school… @UTAS_ @CMS_UTas @ISC_UTAS #CuriousClimate #ClimateChange #Education
Curious Climate Schools answers Tasmanian students' questions about climate change

ALT Curious Climate Schools answers Tasmanian students' questions about climate change

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Systematic review concludes "Social media interventions can positively change PA and diet-related behaviours, via increases in physical activity levels, healthy modifications to food intake, and beneficial changes to body composition or body weight." ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/art…

The effect of social media interventions on physical activity and dietary behaviours in young...

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - The objectives of this systematic review were to update the evidence base on social media interventions for physical activity...

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TSoM Public Health@UTAS_MPH8 Jul 2021
Book a Covid #vaccination appointment today Tasmania Government coronavirus.tas.gov.au/vacci…
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Professor @brhollan on Covid by Numbers in the @Australian. Catch her at #BeakerStreet 2021 talking about how mathematics can help us decide what to do. #covid #COVID19Aus #Pfizer theaustralian.com.au/life/co…
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Scotty P@tazpede6 Jul 2021
3 of 3: Exertime is currently “under construction” as we add new features to the desktop client experience. We will be back on online before the end of 2021. What features would you like to see added to Exertime? Please, share a story of how you keep active during work hours.
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