Over the next 3 to 5 years, the research Unit’s key research lines will be:
- Active commuting in health promotion and disease prevention
- Physical activity and fitness and their relationship to cognitive function and academic achievement
- Screen time use and other sedentary behaviors and their relationship to mental and cardiovascular health
- Dose-response relationship of physical activity and risk of cardiovascular diseases and premature mortality
- Methods for assessing physical activity
- Determinants, prevalence, and incidence of overuse and acute musculoskeletal injuries in children and adolescents
- Effectiveness of school-based physical activity promotion
- Implementation research within intervention programs to promote physical activity
- Temporal trends in physical activity and fitness
