Area of research
Physiology · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, and Children's Physical and Motor Development.
Unlocking the potential of light-intensity physical activity for public health: a call to action for research.
A 15-Year Decline in Physical Fitness Among Children and Adolescents From the Macao Special Administrative Region (2005-2020).
Clinical importance of simple muscular fitness tests to predict long-term health conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 94 cohort studies.
Association Between Active Outdoor Play and Health Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults: An Umbrella Review.
The interplay of home and work neighbourhood environment characteristics and associations with active commuting
International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions.
The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territories.
Cardiorespiratory fitness and health in children and adolescents: an overview of systematic reviews with meta-analyses representing over 125 000 observations covering 33 health-related outcomes.
Comparison of objectively measured and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies representing 35 cohorts and 3.8 million observations.
Are adolescents who do physical activity with their parents more active and mentally healthier?
Handgrip strength has declined among people from Macao Special Administrative Region: A temporal trend analysis from 2001 to 2020.
Trends in physical fitness among Lithuanian adolescents aged 11-17 years between 1992 and 2022.
Cycling infrastructure and transportational and recreational physical activity in Canadians
How Should Youth Handgrip Strength be Normalized? New Insights Using 3-D Allometry with "Generalizable" Norm-Referenced Values, Data from NHANES.
Trends in nighttime insomnia symptoms in Canada from 2007 to 2021.
Associations between social media use and positive mental health among adolescents: Findings from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study.
Independent and joint associations of neighbourhood greenness and walkability with transportational and recreational physical activity among youth and adults in Canada.
Investigating the independent and synergistic associations between neighbourhood greenness and physical activity in relation to perceived mental health among adults in Canada.
Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong and consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality among adults: an overview of meta-analyses representing over 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies.
Physical Fitness Surveillance and Monitoring Systems Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review with a Global Perspective
National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – a GBD collaborator-led study
National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - a GBD collaborator-led study.
The Effect of Sedentary Behaviour on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Physical Fitness Surveillance and Monitoring Systems Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review with a Global Perspective.
Examining sleep characteristics in Canada through a diversity and equity lens.
Cardiorespiratory fitness has declined among French children since 1999, although the decline appears to be getting smaller.
Mediation analysis of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and greenness, accelerometer-measured physical activity, and health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadians.
Social media use and sleep health among adolescents in Canada.
Telework and 24-hour movement behaviours among adults living in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.