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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants

Yoga is a holistic movement practice offering physical exercise and opportunities for mind–body integration and spiritual growth. Therefore, participation motives in yoga may vary depending on whet...

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Sedentary Behaviour Research Network @sedbehaviourrn.bsky.social · Aug 5

The winner of the 2025 SBRN Research Leadership Award is Dr. Stuart Biddle (Australia)! Congratulations and thank you, Stuart, for your outstanding leadership in research and scholarly activity in the field of #sedentary behaviour!

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Aug 5

www.sedentarybehaviour.org/award-winner...
Thank you SBRN for the 2025 Leadership Award! I’m delighted to follow such an outstanding list of previous recipients.

Award Winners - The Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN)

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 23

What's the optimal number of steps of physical activity this is associated with multiple (9) favorable outcomes?
The largest, systematic review of 57 studies, 35 cohorts.
7,000 steps is clinically meaningful, benefit also seen for 4,000 steps cf 2,000 steps
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Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jul 23

NOW OUT: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Despite the rapid increase in evidence from the past decade on daily steps and health-related outcomes, existing systematic reviews primarily focused …

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just out, online via Science Direct:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Multidimensional exercise amotivation beliefs across exercise stages of change

The aim of the study was to examine differences in exercise amotivation beliefs, specifically levels of capacity, effort, value, and task characterist…

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Interesting new book out!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Motivation in Physical Education

This book addresses the latest developments in research on motivational processes in the context of physical education.

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 16

Associations between green space, and blue space and mental health out... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Associations between green space, and blue space and mental health outcomes in regional Australia: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between green, blue, and green-blue space (GBS) with depression or anxiety in regional areas of …

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just out!

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Journal of Physical Activity & Health @jpahjournal.bsky.social · Jun 4

JPAH & ISPAH are thrilled to announce the first of our Bill Kohl Peer Review Academy graduates for the Class of 2024, Zhanjia Zhang, who was mentored by Stuart Biddle.

Enrollment for next year's class is currently open through June 15th!

🔗 ispah.org/peer-review-...

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Tracking and changes in the clustering of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and sleep across childhood and adolescence: A systematic review

Introduction Clusters of health behaviors (e.g. physical activity/sedentary behavior/diet/sleep) can exert synergistic influences on health outcomes, such as obesity. Understanding how clusters of h.....

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 6

New paper: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2...

Longitudinal study of open goals in physical activity promotion: protocol for ‘Open to Move’

Open goals (eg, ‘see how many steps you can reach today’) have developed as a promising strategy for increasing physical activity and producing beneficial psychological outcomes such as autonomous mot...

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Exercise ‘better than drugs’ after cancer treatment, international trial finds

First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third and can stop cancer returning

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · May 17

Why is PGA champs coverage so bad on @foxsportsaustralia.bsky.social ? We don’t need to see leader board for endless minutes between shots.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · May 16

Happy b’day, “Pet Sounds” — released by The Beach Boys today in 1966 and a groundbreaking influence in music. 🎂

“I bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life,” Paul McCartney once said. “I figure no one is educated musically until they’ve heard this album.”

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

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Simon Rosenbaum @srosenbaum.bsky.social · May 16

Our new meta-review in World Psychiatry

Efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity in the treatment of mental disorders

Led by Prof Vancampfort, we reviewed 256 RCTs including 12,233 individuals

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The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants

Research examining physical activity interventions for mental disorders has grown exponentially in the past decade. At this critical juncture, there is a need to synthesize the best evidence to guide...

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · May 16

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Complete reporting of clinical trials requires more than journal articles

First published in 1996, CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) emphasised the importance of accurate and complete reporting of randomised clinical trials.1 Journal articles were the onl...

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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

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Stuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · Apr 22

To work with the excellent Dr Dominika Pindus:
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

Details - Post Doctoral Research Associate - Kinesiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

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Dale Esliger [Mirage Against the Machine] @daleesliger.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 Academic Hiring at QS#1 (for Sport related studies) Loughborough University in the following areas:
Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation
Strength and Conditioning Science
Clinical Exercise Physiology*

Lecturer lnkd.in/eiyPs73r

Senior Lecturer lnkd.in/eQaG4-Kv

*Happy to chat more if helpful