Stuart Biddle
Professor, Physical Activity & Health, Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland. Physical Activity psychologist. Author. Grandpa.
- Reposted by Stuart BiddleIf you are: 👉 From a low- or middle-income country 👉 An early career researcher 👉 Wanting to attend #ISPAH2026... ...Consider applying for the ISPAH Congress LMIC ECR Scholarship, sponsored by @jpahjournal.bsky.social! Applications close February 9th 2026. Find out more: 🔗 buff.ly/uKroqPs 1/2
- Reposted by Stuart BiddleZero surprise. RFK Jr et al = hypocrisy machine. Promise: transparency, good science, & NO conflicts. Reality: LESS transparency, NO science, & MORE conflicts. Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n... @statnews
- Biddle, S. J. H., & Biddle, G. J. H. (2024). Obesity and sedentary time at work and home. In G. Bray & C. Bouchard (Eds.), Handbook of obesity, 4th edition (Vol. 1, pp. 347-355). CRC Press. doi.org/10.1201/9781...
- NEW-ish: Tremblay, M. S., et al. (2025). Digital screen media use, movement behaviors and child health. In D. A. Christakis & L. Hale (Eds.), Handbook of children and screens: Digital media, development, and well-being from birth through adolescence (pp. 63-72). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
- NEW(ish): Biddle, S.J.H. (2025). Physical activity as a health behaviour. In K. Brown, C. Cheng, M. S. Hagger, K. Hamilton, & S. Sutton (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology: issues, debates, and applications in health psychology (pp. 215-232). Sage.
- NEW: Biddle, S. J. H., Knittle, K., & Hagger, M. S. (2026). Use of psychological theory in sedentary behaviour interventions. In L. Smith & M. A. Tully (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Sedentary Behaviour (pp. 175-199). Routledge.
- New: Biddle, S. J. H., Andriyani, F. D., & Thomas, G. (2026). Screens, health, and sedentary lifestyles: The need to recognise complexity, function, and context. In V. Goodyear & A. Bundon (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education. Routledge.
- Commentary: The Intention–Behavior Gap in Physical Activity : Exercise, Sport, and Movement journals.lww.com/acsm-esm/ful...
- “Dear Dr. Biddle, JoVE is producing a PubMed/WoS/collection of video articles on Magnetron Sputtering Techniques for High-Performance Thin-Film Transistors. Based on your recent publications, we believe that your group's work would be a valuable addition to this collection.” Seriously??
- Interesting email to my university account: "We’ve recently launched a sleek square one-piece toilet ... It features a modern washdown system and can include ... logos for ... branding". Well, thank you. Maybe meet at your convenience? Given current funding, though, I am not feeling flush. 😜
- New paper: Green space, blue space and psychological distress in regional Australia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- In honour of the late Dr Simon J Marshall: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...
- Reposted by Stuart BiddleNew paper published! In people with psychotic disorders in rehab settings, resistance training was feasible, acceptable, safe, and improved strength + physical activity. Huge step for embedding exercise physiology in mental health care. doi.org/10.1177/0004... #AcademicSky #Psychiatry #Exercise
- NEW! Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology: A... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fu...
- Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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- 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.
- Reposted by Stuart BiddleWhat'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 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- Just out, online via Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Interesting new book out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
- Associations between green space, and blue space and mental health out... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Stuart BiddleJPAH & 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-... @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social
- New paper: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2...
- 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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- Reposted by Stuart BiddleIf 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
- To work with the excellent Dr Dominika Pindus: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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- MANNA Institute Webinar for World Physical Activity Day. Please see link to the recording. youtu.be/srZlJh0Zduo
- Very interesting documentary on the brilliant and prolific keyboard player (the late) Nicky Hopkins.
- This looks great: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/wom...
- Final lecture at @unisq.bsky.social for the ever wonderful Prof Peter Terry. What a career!
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- Reposted by Stuart BiddleThis letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
- Looks very interesting and important. Must read.
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- Seems a little surreal to think I published this paper 40 years ago! One of my first.
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- Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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- Reposted by Stuart BiddleThe entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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- Take a 1-week holiday in Fiji. Largely stay offline (sometimes enforced by wifi issues). Return to 7 (seven) requests to review journal papers (2 from one journal), and one grant proposal. All pestering me for a reply. And I work part time!
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- Introducing the “Handbook of Children and Screens” – the essential guide on #DigitalMedia and #ChildDevelopment from @childrenscreens. Download ➡️bit.ly/handbook-of-children-and-screens
- Looks interesting : www.routledge.com/Creating-Urb...
- @unisq: a PhD by publication with Scholarship as part of an MRFF funded research project: Improving the physical and mental health of people born with innate variations of sex characteristics. Contact annette.bromdal@unisq.edu.au. Applications by 14 February. see: www.unisq.edu.au/scholarships...
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- ‘Just do something you enjoy!’ Have official targets made exercise a chore – and happiness more elusive?
- Teenage sprint star Gout Gout shatters historic 200m Australian record. Wow. Impressive.
- J of Physical Activity & Health: interesting new issue: journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
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