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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks for sharing! Here’s the original @jpahjournal.bsky.social paper for those keen to read more.

journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

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Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP @mrc-slc.bsky.social · 29d

The War on … Walking and Biking? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/09/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @keawilson.bsky.social, and @healthtepi.bsky.social

The War on ... Walking and Biking? — Streetsblog USA

Corporations and policymakers aren't just promoting car dependency — they're actively making it harder to walk, bike, and move in our communities. So why is it so hard to name their enemies?

usa.streetsblog.org

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Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity @aspactivity.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 New ASPA Radio episode!

We speak with Dr. @healthtepi.bsky.social on his new paper about who are the enemies of #physicalactivity.

Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0bvc...

#PublicHealth #UrbanPlanning

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Aug 13

The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️

✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling

Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan

There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Aug 5

✊Increasing population-level physical activity will not be solved by embracing apolitical actions targeting individuals…but by confronting the inherent politicalness of physical activity policy action to impact the population.

Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨New Paper Alert: Physical activity has enemies.

🚶‍♀️ 🌳 To sharpen advocacy, we need to know who our enemies are and how they operate.

DOI: lnkd.in/gf8E9fZb

🙏 @jpahjournal.bsky.social and coauthor team @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @benjaminrigby.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Otherwise known as $4 million in subsidies for car dependency.

Free parking is a stupid concept that is unfair on the poor, locking in noisy and smoggy cities. 🚗 💨

I’d have preferred more 🌳 🌷 and footpaths for 🚶‍♀️.

I take my vote seriously for local elections.

City of Perth celebrates $4million in free parking initiatives.

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Very interesting presentation! Would love to chat more. I'll follow up via email.

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Jun 13

I’m excited for this conference! #ASPA2025

✅ I’ve submitted my first abstract, hoping to perhaps submit a second!

📅 Deadline looming at the end of this month.

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Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity @aspactivity.bsky.social · Jun 8

Share your latest research, transformative programs, and policy-shaping initiatives at ASPA 2025 in Newcastle, Australia!

Submit your abstract by 30 June: aspactivity.org/conference-2...

#ASPA2025 #physicalactivity #research #policy #innovation

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Culdesac @culdesac.bsky.social · May 1

The answer for a lower cost of living is walkable neighborhoods!

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Journal of Physical Activity & Health @jpahjournal.bsky.social · May 8

🏆 JPAH's Best Best Intervention, Policy, or Advocacy Article (2024) 🏆

“Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements”

Free to read: doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

Congrats to the authors!!

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Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · May 3

"It is not the primary need of man to traverse distances with the rapidity of a motor car"
- Gandhi, Mohandas. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, 1909.

@healthtepi.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @keawilson.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Apr 29

The directness of that Jeffrey Sachs quote is rare!

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Lucy Westerman @lucywesterman.bsky.social · Apr 29

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...

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

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Journal of Physical Activity & Health @jpahjournal.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you haven't yet had the pleasure, meet Tepi Mclaughlin, who recently published in JPAH a process evaluation study of the scale-up of a school-based physical activity program for adolescents.

doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0038

@healthtepi.bsky.social

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karen-milton.bsky.social @karen-milton.bsky.social · Apr 22

Great new initiative from @jpahjournal.bsky.social and its particularly pleasing to see previous leaders of the ISPAH early career network @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social @healthtepi.bsky.social recognised for their contribution 👏😁

Journal of Physical Activity & Health @jpahjournal.bsky.social · Apr 17

🏆 We're excited to announce the winners of our first-ever Article of the Year awards across five categories! Read this editorial to discover which articles took home the top prize:

doi.org/10.1123/jpah...

Congrats to the winning authors! And thanks for submitting your best work to JPAH!!

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Apr 18

Fantastic to our paper led by @joeyjmurphy.bsky.social in this list! 👏 🥇 🏆

journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks for sharing @grantennis.bsky.social

It'd be great to see if there are more like this...

More health campaigns that focus on policy support for changing environments, not individual behaviours?

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Apr 4

Campaign looks great #TalkAboutFood

"For many years, many public health bodies have been encouraging people to eat healthily, but it is virtually impossible to do so within an environment that doesn’t support this." Dr. Gary Kearney, CEO, Safefood

30-sec Ad: youtu.be/qIxkQYOVpzs?...

Building a healthier food environment

YouTube video by safefoodTV

youtu.be

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Mar 25

In #Budget25, Beer excise is a bigger revenue raiser than the PRRT, one of our main taxes on the gas industry.

Failing to fix the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax was a missed opportunity. Our research shows big gas continues to be a systemic non-payer of tax, while Australians miss out. #auspol

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Joe P @joepigginphd.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Dominic Malcolm et al show how neoliberalism leads to healthism, which promotes exercise which diverge from health maximising behaviours, and how this extends differences in PA uptake, which embeds the health inequalities PAHP is explicitly claimed to address.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The World Health Organization, physical activity and the contradictions of neoliberal health promotion

This article constitutes the first holistic exploration of how neoliberalism permeates and manifests in Physical Activity Health Promotion (PAHP). It synthesises a critical analysis of neoliberalis...

www.tandfonline.com

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Joe P @joepigginphd.bsky.social · Mar 3

8 articles for changing your mind about physical activity, human movement, and health.

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@benjaminrigby.bsky.social
et al encourage us to pause and reflect on how our advocacy might inadvertently be limiting our efforts to try populations more active.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reflections on inaction: how might we reverse continuing trends in physical inactivity

Physical activity (PA) participation has the potential to support people in living more fulfilling lives. However, recent statistics show that our efforts to increase PA around the world are not wo...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · Feb 28

New video relating to our article in The Conversation www.instagram.com/reel/DGnFXTD...

New video from @aunz.theconversation.com

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