ProPASS Consortium

PhD opportunity 📢 : Use wearable tech to generate novel evidence on the health benefits of physical activity in low- and middle-income countries. Help close global evidence gaps to help shape more equitable public health insights. uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doc…

💡A New @NaturePortfolio commentary asks why physical activity hasn’t achieved the political priority of tobacco or alcohol control? What are the future hurdles facing the field? And, how can increasing global physical activity aid climate action efforts: nature.com/collections/aa…

Listen in 🎧🔊 to eClinicalMedicine in conversation with @M_Stamatakis on recent research. Together they discuss how even small, more manageable changes to sleep, PA & Nutrition stack up to support health and longevity. 💬🎙️ buzzsprout.com/1845316/episod…

Are you a 'morning mover', accumulating your steps on your commute? Or do you leave it until the afternoon or evening? Interesting findings from The Maastricht Study reveal timing might make a difference for T2 Diabetes Mellitus: …ubs.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/10.1111/do…

Some recent PA papers broken down in @Nature . Using wearable-device data, they show how even small amounts of everyday movement are associated with meaningful health benefits- with the biggest gains at the low end - going from nothing to something). Read:nature.com/articles/d4158…

What tweaks can we make to our sleep, physical activity, and diet to live longer and healthier? Our new study in @eClinicalMed shows that a daily 🛌+5 min sleep 🏃+2 min moderate to vigorous activity 🥦+½ serve vegetables Added +1 year lifespan doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli…

Can small changes in physical activity make a major difference? A new meta-analysis suggests that just five extra minutes of moderate physical activity a day is associated with a 10% reduction in all deaths in the majority of adults. Find out more 👉 hubs.li/Q03-KDl70

📣 We're excited to announce the Dare2Share call for abstracts for #ISBNPA2026! We want interactive, participatory, creative, and innovative ideas that enhance sharing beyond the scientific sessions at the Annual Meeting. 🔗 Learn more here: loom.ly/oW0vb80

Research Highlight: nature.com/articles/d4158… Full paper: acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN… @BorjadelPozoCr1 @Matthew_Ahmadi_ @AngeloSabag

Among adults taking ≤8000 steps/day, those who accumulated most of their steps in longer bouts (≥10–15 min) had markedly lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those walking in short bursts. How we walk appears to matter, not just how much.. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

Resaearch led by Dr John Mitchell, with co-authors Dr Jo Blodgett & Prof. Mark Hamer, used data from more than 4k individuals to investigate how changes in 24-hour time use were associated with the risk of developing type II diabetes over a five-year period. Swipe. (🔗 in bio).

The Call for Regular Abstract Submissions for #ISBNPA2026 is still open! Join us in Cádiz, Spain 🇪🇸 (May 27–30, 2026) and be part of the world’s leading research community in behavioral nutrition and physical activity. 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 12 📄 Guidelines: loom.ly/mH8Aabk

🚶‍♂️Pulling different physical behaviour levers for an equivalent outcome: Far larger than previous 'best-estimates', the authors find 1min of vigorous activity = 4–9min of moderate or 50–90min light PA for a number of major outcomes. Now in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…

Why aren’t interventions getting us moving? This week's episode of the #NESIPodcast features @Benjamin_Rigby discussing the issue of physical inactivity and how we can encourage communities to get more active. Check out the episode now on Apple 🎙️ and Spotify

Vigorous activities, accrued through the day (Vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity: VILPA) holds potential as a meaningful health intervention for non-exercising individual. newscientist.com/article/249426…

Insights into the future of studying Physical behaviour: ProPASS is the engine— harmonising thigh & wrist sensors in prospective studies for policy-ready, globally-relevant evidence. Read this provocative piece from @dmg_pa & colleagues. cell.com/action/showPdf…

New study, involving 6 ProPASS partnered cohorts across Europe and Australia reveals Irregular or short sleep💤 + low steps🚶‍♀️is linked with:🛑higher BMI🛑greater waist circumference,🛑higher cholesterol🛑poorer cardiometabolic health. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40703058/ @CircOutcomes

Device-based pooled study: Irregular or insufficient sleep with low steps linked to worse cardiometabolic health markers @M_Stamatakis @Angel_Bian @ma_hamer @AnnemarieKo @GregoreMielke @EsmeeBakker__ @profholtermann @Ulf_Ekelund @BorjadelPozoCr1 ahajrnls.org/46ZMg1i

It's crucial to provide actionable health guidance for those who face barriers to structured exercise - New study reveals: 3.4 mins/day of vigorous lifestyle activity done in ≤3 min bursts can reduce the mortality risk from high sedentary time. See: jech.bmj.com/content/early/…

That's a wrap! 🎬 Another special, successful @ISBNPA, Auckland '25! Inspiring global research on show, including from our amazing partner studies. We shared some of the consortium's early findings with the PA-nutrition community, all made possible thanks to our partners!