Cecilie Thøgersen

Professor of Physical Activity and Health Behaviour, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

I am super excited to be co-leading DRIVEN, our new interdisciplinary research centre which has as its mission to help individuals, communities and organisations make sustained changes in behaviours that will help them achieve valuable outcomes

[Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science @driven_sdu]

Yesterday, we launched our new research centre. We represent a diverse group of researchers working on various health behaviours (PA, nutrition, etc), health & behavioural economics, health care, business, education, engineering, data analytics & AI, health informatics.

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Like many sensible colleagues, I have migrated to @cthogersen.bsky.social

[Emmanuel (Manos) Stamatakis @M_Stamatakis]

New paper: towards an empirical definition of VILPA (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity):
https://t.co/E90OPoXxsR

During activities of daily living, VILPA elicited a physiological response (%V̇O2max & %HRmax) at 77-83 sec, and 45 sec for perceived exertion.

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Incredible grateful to @trygfonden and my stellar collaborators for this opportunity. Very excited to get started

[Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science @driven_sdu]

We are excited to announce that our co-director @ecthogersen has successfully obtained a research grant of about 7 million kroner (940k Euros) from @trygfonden . The 3 1/2 years project will investigate whether ballroom dancing can be used as an effective intervention...

[Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science @driven_sdu]

We invite applications for a 3-year postdoc position in physical activity behaviour change to be filled in the period January 6, 2025 to January 5, 2028.

Se stillingsopslag her:

https://t.co/FjqIQJIwYU

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Det skulle selvfølgelig være 29/09/24!!!!!

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

💡 Ph.d.-stilling i forebyggelse af hjertesygdomme hos midaldrende kvinder gennem daglig, intens fysisk aktivitet, også kaldet VILPA! Bliv en del af vores internationale forskerteam og gør en reel forskel for kvinders sundhed. Deadline 29/09/25 🌟https://t.co/oLNXZLp0p2

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

We just completed the first study on MovSnax, an app to promote Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA)! 💥✅ Promising health potential. Next step? Enhancing features to make it even more motivating & personalized! 📲 @M_Stamatakis https://t.co/8aNibQQd0M

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Such an honour to be invited to give this keynote presentation at this great conference. Thank you so much @FEPSAC_MC

[FEPSAC @FEPSAC_MC]

Our Day 2 begins with an excellent keynote by Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani (@ecthogersen) on the motivational factors for physical activity promotion. 🤩

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

@drjenncumming @Hjerteforening @M_Stamatakis @DrSamLiu @KasperLundberg7 @cbjoerkpetersen @clara_chow @TKaarsted Thank you Jenn!

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

I am honoured to have received a research grant from the Danish Heart Foundation @Hjerteforening with my wonderful colleagues to conduct the world's first Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity intervention targeting physically inactive 40-65 year old women

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

@zisankazak @Hjerteforening @M_Stamatakis @DrSamLiu @KasperLundberg7 @cbjoerkpetersen @clara_chow @TKaarsted Thank you!

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

@clara_chow Thank you so much and it's so great to have you involved. I look forward to the collaboration

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Our grant is a continuation of a programme of work on Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity https://t.co/SqNnKKn72Q https://t.co/Aj4qX2Xbid

[Cecilie Thøgersen @ecthogersen]

Collaborators include Emmanuel Stamatakis, Magnus Thorsten Jensen, Christina Bjørk Petersen, Sam Liu, Svenja Jaffari, Clara Chow, Kasper Lykkegaard, Thomas Kaarsted, and Anne Kathrine Overgaard

[Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science @driven_sdu]

Check out this new resource. The Human Behaviour Change Project has developed a prototype data extraction template. This tool helps extract key characteristics of behavior change interventions for systematic reviews and consistent reporting.

Read more: https://t.co/Q8QpTRo2jp

[Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science @driven_sdu]

Do behavioural change strategies work? 🤔Are health apps appropriate for people's needs? 🤷‍♀️

We answered these questions with @a_bricca in the new episode of our Podcast, The DRIBEN Lab.

You can listen to the episode here: https://t.co/51DNU5WLzR