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Research areas

Learn more about research projects and activities at Exercise Epidemiology.

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

See overview of our research publications.

Last Updated 27.07.2024