Shannon Sahlqvist

lecturer in Physical Activity and Health, researcher of all things active travel, owner of two beautiful bikes - one for the road and one for the commute.

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

Why sport might not actually be keeping you healthy https://t.co/6gmMWDEp6V via @Deakin

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

Want to make cycling a real option for women? Stop the car, and plan cities around bikes https://t.co/tpSkqnVXaV via @ConversationUK

[Deakin IPAN @DeakinIPAN]

ICYMI: @Harriet_Koorts and @ProfJSalmon piece on the contribution organised sport makes to overall daily physical activity of teenagers is available here https://t.co/AkrvZuhe0c

[Deakin IPAN @DeakinIPAN]

Our latest blog is up - why we need a walking strategy to tackle obesity https://t.co/SMRtQDQFi6 @profjsalmon @DeakinHealth @VicHealth

[Deakin IPAN @DeakinIPAN]

Teens need more than organised sport to get enough physical activity every day - new piece in @ConversationEDU by @ProfJSalmon and @Harriet_Koorts https://t.co/hvTos6ESnC

[@Childinthecity @Childinthecity1]

In September the #Birmingham City Council will #ban #vehicles from roads that surround six schools. The goal is to reduce #traffic, improve the #air quality at the school gates and to make it easier and safer for #children to get to and from #school https://t.co/b5IoZFcIqy #CitC

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

#Oslo is ALMOST banning cars from its city centre, replacing parking spaces with flower beds, & building 60km of bike-lanes. All to create an almost car-free city centre by this year. Via @wef

Glad to be back working & speaking in #Oslo this week. #UFGC19

[European Cyclists' Federation @EuCyclistsFed]

#Cycling boosts productivity:

4 hours after arriving in the classroom, concentration levels of children who #cycle or walk to school are 8% higher than for those who are getting a lift by car. #activemobility

More information here: https://t.co/JOffvVsmwt

[Diabetes Queensland @diabetesqld]

The hard evidence says allocating time for #students to be active at #school will NOT affect their academic performance.
Yet school sport popularity has declined and #obesity rates have risen.
https://t.co/RSNwxUg50M

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

For commuters, active patterns of travel reduced risk of #CVD mortality by 30%; for non-commuting travel this reduction was 43% @JennaPanter @Heart_BMJ
https://t.co/4ihPUt0yhS

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

Walk this way: Melbourne suburbs ranked for pedestrian-friendliness https://t.co/omPhOde3qr

[SCPHRP @SCPHRP]

Research (£0): Associations between access to recreational physical activity facilities and BMI in Scottish adults https://t.co/oIkOLb6N0k

[The Age @theage]

Think you're safe riding in that on-road bicycle lane? You may be wrong https://t.co/dJnFSqhGzj

[SCPHRP @SCPHRP]

Is it good research? New online tool launched to help people tell good science from bad https://t.co/LNPzvn1cja

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

New evidence: Commuters living near new infrastructure, almost twice as likely to report an increase in active travel http://t.co/wFogukehYF

[CEDAR @CedarUK]

Build it & they will come? Study examines how new #walking & #cycling routes change behaviour http://t.co/Kxd4irIawi

[Diabetes Queensland @diabetesqld]

#diabetestype2 costs are forecast to rise 520% by 2033. #DontGSTfreshfood or #auspol rates of type 2 diabetes will just increase #qldpol

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

Report by AusRoads shows #cycling 'in last month' has declined among Australian adults http://t.co/IuG3d3hKkH

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

@EllieBenallie thanks for sharing @Deakin_PA

[Shannon Sahlqvist @ladyonabike]

VicHealth shares $1.8 million to get 25,000 women active http://t.co/NDCAt6OVX0 via @theage