International public health conference

Day two highlights: Thursday November 1, 2012

be active 2012, an international public health conference, will be held in Sydney (Convention and Exhibition Centre) from October 31 – November 3, 2012. The Conference will see over 1,500 attendees and will incorporate the:

• 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
• Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport
• Australian Physical Activity Conference
• Australian Sports Injury Prevention Conference

This conference will showcase the latest in sports science, sports medicine, physical activity promotion and sports injury prevention and offers a lot of topics/angles.

Internationally renowned speakers in each of these fields will be presenting and are available for interviews. Speakers can be viewed at http://sma.org.au/be-active/speakers/

Day two session highlights include:

• Optimising breast support during physical activity
• The effects of pole walking on health in adults
• How diverse was the leisure time physical activity of older Australians over the past decade
• Demystifying the groin
• Trends in the prevalence of sufficient physical activity among South Australian adults 1985-2010
• Has non occupational sedentary time changed is Australian adults? Trends from Australian Time Use Surveys 1992, 2997, 2006
• The level of physical abilities in 7 year old children in relation to the time spent on the computer games
• Parents and children’s perceptions of whether active video games can help children’s fundamental movement skills.
• Do childhood motor problems predict later academic achievement through physical activity, fitness and obesity?
• Is an increase in active travel associated with an increase in overall physical activity?
• Sitting in cars for commuting and adults weight gain over four years.
• Television and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents
• Energy Balance: We will never understand the obesity epidemic or how to deal with it, unless we better understand energy imbalance.
• Greener neighbourhoods, better lives?
  • A symposium presented by the Australian Football League featuring high profile speakers Joel Bowden and David Buttifant, focusing on evidence informing change in Australian Football.
  • Twenty years of injury surveillance in the AFL: Implications and evidence for change.
  • Movement analysis of Australian national soccer players using GPS technology.
  • Assessing the relationship between workplace environment and employee physical activity and nutrition behaviours.

For more information visit http://sma.org.au/be-active/

Media interviews and conference passes:

Amanda Boshier, National Media Manager, mobile 0412 224 729 or email amanda.boshier@sma.org.au