Active Living Research

02/18/2025

Active Living Conference 2025: Bridging the Research to Practice Gap. March 16-20 at Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, KS.

02/09/2025

About the Active Living Conference Dates: March 16-20, 2025Location: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA The Active Liv...

05/23/2023

📢 Join the Physical Activity & Public Health Practitioner's Course!

Are you a practitioner looking to make a positive impact in your community? Don't miss the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge in developing and evaluating community-based physical activity initiatives.

📆 Deadline: June 1, 2023
🏢 Venue: Hilton Columbia Center, Columbia, SC
📅 Date: September 19 to 26, 2023

Learn more: https://web.asph.sc.edu/paph/

Active Living supports the great work of the University of South Carolina.

02/16/2023

We invite submission of late breaking proposals related to increasing physical activity for all people to be considered for poster presentation at the 2023 Active Living Conference. Proposals related to equity for racially and ethnically diverse populations, people with disabilities, and those living in lower-income urban and rural communities who are at greatest risk for physical inactivity and its related diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions are encouraged. Poster presenters will be invited to share their work during a dedicated Networking Reception and Poster Session on Tuesday, March 14th, 3:30 – 5:30 pm. Poster boards will be 4 feet high and 6 feet long and tacks will be provided to attach your poster to the board.

The deadline for late breaking poster proposals is 11:59 pm PST on Friday, February 24 th and submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis so that notifications can be sent as quickly as possible.
More information on presentation proposals:
https://buff.ly/3p7zhSo
Submit a late breaking poster proposal:
https://buff.ly/3lnFHjf

01/25/2023

Don't forget to register for the Active Living Conference before January 31st to get the early bird discount!

Registration is now open for our Active Living Conference from March 13-16th in Bethesda, MD on the NIH Campus. Early bird pricing is available until January 31st! Discounted group rate hotels are also available. The registration fee includes:

- All conference sessions
- Access to conference materials, including the Whova conference app
- Networking and poster reception
- Meals as scheduled in the conference program
Click the link below to register now!
https://buff.ly/3HbGJ9o

You can view the draft program on the conference website below:
https://buff.ly/3W99UiX

10/20/2022

You have an extra week to prepare your presentation proposal for the Active Living Conference! We received several requests for a little more time and want to make sure you all have an opportunity to share the great work you have been doing.

The deadline to submit your presentation proposals for our Active Living Conference has been extended! Submit by Friday, 10/28! Practice/Policy and Research session proposals related to increasing physical activity for all people are invited for submission. Proposals related to the conference theme - Expanding Active Living Applications Beyond Chronic Diseases to Synergistic Epidemics - are encouraged, although they are not required. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm PT on Friday, October 28, 2022. Click below to submit your proposal!
https://buff.ly/3p7zhSo
We would like to thank our co-host, the National Cancer Institute, and sponsors - BerryDunn, PlayCore, The Trust for Public Land, and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research - for making the conference possible! Click below if you would like information about becoming a sponsor:
https://buff.ly/3RfIqpy

10/19/2022

Don’t forget to submit your presentation proposal for the Active Living Conference by this Friday (10/21). We can’t wait to learn more about all of the great work you have been doing!

Submit your presentation proposals for our Active Living Conference, which will be held March 13th - 16th in Bethesda, Maryland! Practice/Policy and Research session proposals related to increasing physical activity for all people are invited for submission. Proposals related to the conference theme - Expanding Active Living Applications Beyond Chronic Diseases to Synergistic Epidemics - are encouraged, although they are not required. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm PT on Friday, October 21, 2022. Click below to submit your proposal!
https://buff.ly/3p7zhSo

We would like to thank our co-host, the National Cancer Institute, and sponsors - BerryDunn, PlayCore, The Trust for Public Land, and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research - for making the conference possible! Click below if you would like information about becoming a sponsor:
https://buff.ly/3RfIqpy

08/26/2022

The Call for Presentation Proposals includes submission categories for research and practice/policy to ensure that the program includes presentations and lessons learned from organizations and advocates that are implementing evidence-based active living policies and strategies in communities across the globe.

You can now submit presentation proposals for our Active Living Conference, which will be held March 13th - 16th in Bethesda, Maryland! Practice/Policy and Research session proposals related to increasing physical activity for all people are invited for submission. Proposals related to the conference theme - Expanding Active Living Applications Beyond Chronic Diseases to Synergistic Epidemics - are encouraged, although they are not required. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 pm PT on Friday, October 21, 2022. Click below to submit your proposal!
https://buff.ly/3p7zhSo

01/10/2022

We are here to remind you that due to recent upticks in COVID-19, the Active Living Conference has been postponed until 2023. So don't forget to save the right date on your agenda and please, feel free to share this update with your colleagues as well. We hope to see all of you at our conference in 2023! 📢

For more details about the conference, please visit our website below ⬇️

https://www.gpred.org/activelivingconference

12/03/2021

Active transportation (AT) is widely viewed as an important target for increasing participation in aerobic physical activity and improving health. Explore the changes of AT before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic in the research below. 👇

https://bit.ly/3DqpRrr

11/19/2021

Regretfully, due to recent upticks in COVID-19, the Active Living Conference has been postponed until 2023.

The 2023 Active Living Conference will take place March 13 – 16 at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD. The next Active Living Conference theme, Expanding Active Living Applications beyond Chronic Diseases to Synergistic Epidemics, or “syndemics”.
The Call for Session Proposals (CFP) will open after the first of the year, 2022, including both a research and a practice/policy submission category.
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We appreciate your cooperation and hope you will join us and a diverse group of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to advance knowledge and action on how to evaluate, create and sustain active living environments.
For more information, visit the website below.

www.gpred.org/activelivingconference

04/05/2021

There is still time to register for the Active Living Conference! We look forward to connecting with you all soon.

We would like to say a special thank you to all the organizations involved in sponsoring the Active Living Conference this year! The conference is starting tomorrow on the 6th! If you didn't yet, register today: https://buff.ly/3uwCCxC