Public Health Research

Physical activity and health

Physical inactivity and increasing rates of obesity are two of the major health risks for Australian adults and children. The physical activity research group comprises several groups of public health researchers working to understand why we are inactive, to monitor physical activity patterns and trends, and develop innovative interventions and solutions to increase our physical activity levels.

Medical Foundation Fellow, Professor Adrian Bauman leads the group of physical activity and health researchers at the University of Sydney, and is Director of the Centre for Physical Activity and Health.

The group contributes to research and policy in NSW through the Centre for Physical Activity and Health (CPAH), and also has strong collaborative links with the other co-located NSW Centre of Public Health Nutrition and the Centre for Overweight and Obesity, as well as research links with our NHMRC Program and Capacity Building Grant partners at the University of Queensland.