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Physical Activity, the Environment and Wider System Change
- Venue: Zoom video conference platform
- Start: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:00:00 BST
- End: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:30:00 BST
The Third Fuse Physical Activity Pop Up Workshop presented by Professor James Sallis, University of California, San Diego and Mal Fitzgerald, You’ve Got This (the Sport England Local Delivery Pilot in South Tees).
There is growing recognition of the important role of the physical and social environment in relation to physical activity. As part of this workshop, James Sallis (pictured) will discuss his work on the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study and other relevant studies. Following this, Mal Fitzgerald will provide an update on You’ve Got This, the Local Delivery Pilot in South Tees funded by Sport England. There will then be an informal, coffee social allowing colleagues the opportunity to discuss the topic.
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Presentations:
Programme:
17:00 to 17:05 – Introduction and housekeeping by Fuse Director, Professor Ashley Adamson, Newcastle University
17:05 to 17:30 – International Evidence on the Role of Environments in Physical Activity by Professor James Sallis, University of California, San Diego
17:30 to 17:40 – An update by Mal Fitzgerald, You’ve Got This (the Sport England Local Delivery Pilot in South Tees)
17:40 to 17:55 – Q and A
17:55 to 18:00 – Break
18:00 to 18:30 – Coffee social and discussion on supporting the population to remain active during the pandemic.
Our Speaker:
James F. Sallis, Ph.D is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Public Health at University of California San Diego and Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. His research interests have ranged from promoting physical activity in families. schools (SPARK), health care settings, and universities, to understanding policy and environmental influences on physical activity, nutrition, and obesity. He was Director of Active Living Research (2001-2015) that helped establish an interdisciplinary field of research to identify effective environmental and policy strategies to increase physical activity. He is an author of over 700 scientific publications and one of the world's most cited authors (top 0.01%). He is currently focusing on getting research used to create healthier cities. Dr. Sallis is Past-President of Society of Behavioural Medicine and member of the National Academy of Medicine.
