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Global Observatory for Physical Activity Michael Pratt, MD, MSPE, MPH – Chair Pedro C Hallal, PhD – co-Chair Harold W. (Bill) Kohl, III, PhD I-Min Lee, MD, ScD Gregory W. Heath, DHSc, MPH Kenneth E. Powell, MD, MPH Adrian Bauman, MBBS, PhD Charlie Foster, BEd Hons, MSc, PhD Deborah Salvo, PhD Melody Ding, PhD Ulf Ekelund, PhD Andrea Ramirez, PhD |
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ISPAH Representative Jasper Schipperijn, PhD, MSc |
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Coordinator Andrea Ramirez Varela, PhD |
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Designer Cíntia Borges, Graphic Designer Communications Silvia Maria da Silva Pinto, Journalist Rafaela Martins, MSc, PhD student Research Assistants Jane Moon Anita Nguyen |
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Website Paulo R. Ferreira Jr, PhD |
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GoPA TV Guilherme Carvalho da Rosa, PhD Everton Maciel |
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WORKING GROUP |
Michael Pratt – University of California San Diego, San Diego USA
Pedro Hallal – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
I-Min Lee – Harvard University, Boston, USA
Bojana Klepac Pogrmilovic- Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Cintia Borges – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Brigid Lynch – Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Katrien Wijndaele, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Deborah Salvo, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
Ding Ding – University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Karen Milton – University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Rafaela Martins – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Gloria Isabel Niño – Universidad Industrial de Santander
Shana Ginar – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Bruna Goncalves – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Luciana Zaranza, University Center of the Federal District
Adrian Bauman – University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Zeljko Pedisic – Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Matthew Mclaughin – University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Andrew Atkin – University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Luke Wolfenden – University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Ulf Ekelund – Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Gregory Heath – UT College of Medicine Chattanooga, Chattanooga, USA
Harold Kohl – University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
Charlie Foster – University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Marcelo Cozzensa – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Cauane Blumenberg – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Eduardo Caputo – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
Paulo Ferreira – Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
COUNTRY CONTACTS |
EAST ASIA
& PACIFIC:
AMERICAN SAMOA,
FIJI, FRENCH POLYNESIA, GUAM, KIRIBATI, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA, NEW
CALCEDONIA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, PALAU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAMOA, SOLOMON
ISLANDS, TONGA, TUVALU, & VANUATU
Viliami Puloka
Senior Health Promotion Strategist specializing in Pacific
Health
Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, New Zealand
AUSTRALIA
Adrian Bauman
Sesquicentenary Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, and
Director Prevention Research Collaboration
The University of Sydney, Asia Pacific Physical Activity Network
(APPAN), NSW, Australia
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Norhayati Haji Ahmad
Professor
and Public Health Senior Medical Officer
Health
Promotion Centre Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam
CHINA
Junshi Chen
National
Center Director
Exercise
is Medicine
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Focal Point in
China, Beijing, China
CHINA
Yuying Wang
National
Center Manager
Exercise
is Medicine
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Focal Point in
China, Beijing, China
HONG KONG SAR,
CHINA
Ester Cerin
Associate Professor
School of Public Health,
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
INDONESIA
Soewarta Kosen
Policy Researcher
Scientific Research Commission – National
Institute of Health Research and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia
JAPAN
Shigeru Inoue
Professor
and Chair
Department of Preventive Medicine &
Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
JAPAN
Shiho Amagasa
Department of Preventive Medicine &
Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
KOREA
Eun-Young Lee
Assistant Professor In
Situ
Physical Activity Research Lab Queen’s
University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
KOREA
Hyuntae Park
Professor
Department
of Health Care and Science, College of Health Science, Dong-A University,
Busan, Korea (Republic of) & Research Institute, National Center for
Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.
LAO PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun
University of Health Sciences, Vientiane
Laos
MACAO SAR
Jinlei Nie
Associate Professor
School
of Health Sciences and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute
MALAYSIA
Selina Khoo
Associate
Professor
Centre for Sports and Exercise sciences,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MONGOLIA
Oyun Chimeddamba
Monash
University, Australia
NEW ZEALAND
Erica Hinckson
Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Faculty of Health and Environmental
Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
Moushumi Chaudhury; Charlotte Jelleyman; Saeideh Aminian; Makoha Gardiner (Translation to Māori-Rauemi LTD)
School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology
CYPRUS
Erica Hinckson
Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Faculty of Health and Environmental
Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
CYPRUS
Moushumi Chaudhury
Research Fellow
School of Sport & Recreation, Auckland University of Technology
PHILIPPINES
Loreli Grepo
Assistant
Professor
Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research Department, College of Engineering,
Interactive Learning Center Diliman, University of the Philippines
THAILAND
Nucharapon Liangruenrom
Institute
for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
THAILAND
Piyawat Katewongsa
Institute
for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
VIETNAM
Tran Thanh Huong
Professor
Department
of Ethics and Social Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
SINGAPORE
Aaron Sim
Assistant Director from Physical Activity and Weight Management
Health Promotion Board, Singapore
Angela Koh
Institution:
Assistant Director, Population Surveillance Department
Research
and Surveillance Division
Policy,
Research & Surveillance Group
Health
Promotion Board
Audrey Tong
Director, Physical
Activity & Weight Management Division, Health Promotion Board, Singapore
EUROPE
& CENTRAL ASIA:
ALBANIA &
KOSOVO
Mimoza Shkodra
Assistant
Professor
University College – AAB/ Kolegji
AAB
AUSTRIA
Sylvia Titze
Professor
University of Graz, Institute of Human
Movement Science, Sport and Health, Graz, Austria
AUSTRIA
Thomas Dorner
Professor
Medical University of Vienna, Center for
Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Vienna, Austria
BELGIUM
Sofie Compernolle
Assistant
Professor & PhD-student
Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Movement and Sport Sciences Ghent
University, Ghent, Belgium
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
Franjo Lovric
Department
of Kinesiology, University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
CHANNEL ISLANDS
Sam Green
States of Guernsey at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre
CROATIA
Danijel Jurakic
Professor
Faculty
of Kinesiology University of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia
CZECH REPUBLIC
Josef Mitáš
Professor
Institute
of Active Lifestyle, Palacký University, Olomouc,
Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC
Karel Frömel
Professor
Institute of Active
Lifestyle, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech
Republic
DENMARK
Lars Breum Christiansen
Assistant Professor
University of Southern
Denmark Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics Odense, Denmark
ENGLAND
Charlie Foster
Associate Professor
University of Bristol
ENGLAND
Karen Milton
Associate
Professor
University
of East Anglia
ESTONIA
Eva-Maria Riso
Researcher
University
of Tartu, Estonia
FAEROE ISLANDS
Olavur Jokladal
Project
coordinator
Fólkaheilsuráðið in Tórshavn,
Faroe Islands
FINLAND
Pekka Juhani Jousilahti
Research
Professor
PI of
the National FINRISK Study, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki,
Finland
FRANCE
Anne Vuillemin
Professor
& Head of the Graduate School of Health Science Ecosystems
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
FRANCE
Jean-Michel Oppert
Professor
University Pierre et Marie Curie
Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition Dept of
Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital,
Paris, France
GERMANY
Katja Siefken
Professor
for Physical Activity and Health
MSH Medical School Hamburg
University of Applied Sciences and Medical University
Research Cluster Exercise and Health
Department Performance, Neuroscience, Therapy & Health
Germany
GREECE
Yannis Dionyssiotis
Senior
Consultant,1st Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, National Rehabilitation
Center EKA, Athens, Greece
HUNGARY
Réka Veress
Policy officer in charge of EU and international sport
affairs
Ministry of Human Capacities
HUNGARY
Annamária Somhegyi
Officer/Director
National Center for Spinal Disorders,
Budapest, Hungary
ICELAND
Sigríður Lára Guðmundsdóttir
Professor
Department
of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure studies, University of Iceland, Iceland
IRELAND
Niamh Murphy
Lecturer
and Researcher
Centre
for Health Behaviour Research
Department of Health Sport and Exercise Science
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford
IRELAND
Elizabeth Loughren
Institution
of Sport Ireland, Dublin
ITALY
Alice Mannocci
Associate
Professor
University Mercatorum,
Rome, Italy
ITALY
Guiseppe La Torre
Department
of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome,
Italy
KAZAKHSTAN
Altyn Aringazina
Head
of Department
Department of Population Health and
Social Sciences, Kazakhstan School of Public Health
LITHUANIA
Migle Baceviciene
Associate
Professor,
Study
Programme Director Department of Physical and Social
Education,
Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas,
Lithuania
LUXEMBOURG
Ala’a Al Kerwi
Senior
Researcher and Principal Investigator, Centre d’Etudes
en Santé Publique,
Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
Laurent Malisoux
Group Leader of the Physical Activity
Sport, and Health Research Group
Luxembourg Institute of Health
MACEDONIA
Vera P. Simovska
Associate Professor, Director of
Postgraduate study for Nutrition
Spec
of Sports Medicine Subspec. of Nutrition and
Medical Dietetics
Medical Polyclinic "Intermed-Art", Macedonia
MOLDOVA
Galina Obreja
State University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Department of Social Medicine and Management, Moldova
MONTENEGRO
Stevo Popovic
Associate Professor
University of Montenegro, Faculty for
Sport and Physical Education, Niksic, Montenegro
MYANMAR
Kyaw
Zin Thant
Department
of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Myanmar
NETHERLANDS
Wanda
Wendel Vos
Investigator
National Institute for Public Health and
the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
NORTHERN IRELAND
Angela Carlin
Lecturer
in Exercise and Health
Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, Sports and
Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Jordanstown
NORTHERN IRELAND
Marie Murphy
Professor
of Exercise and Health and Dean of Postgraduate Research / Director of the Doctoral
College. Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, Sports and
Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Jordanstown
NORWAY
Ulf Ekelund
Professor
Department of Sport Medicine Norwegian
School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
POLAND
Elżbieta Biernat
Professor
Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of
World Economy, Department of Tourism, Warsaw, Poland
POLAND
Hanna Nalecz
Assistant professor
Institute
of Mother and Child, Department of Children and Adolescents Health, Warsaw, Poland
POLAND
Monika Pitkowska
Researcher
and Lecturer
Josef
Pilsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland
PORTUGAL
Jorge Mota
Member
Research Centre in Physical Activity
Leisure and Health, Porto, Portugal
ROMANIA
Paul Enescu
Professor
Liceul Teoretic Aurel Vlaicu, orasul
Breaza Breaza, Prahova
SCOTLAND
Nanette Mutrie
Director
of Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
Institute
for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, Scotland
SERBIA
Dusan Mitic
Professor
Faculty
of Sport and Physical Education University of Belgrade, Department for
Recreation
Member Sport for All Serbia Board and President of Expert Team
Member NOC Serbia and Sport for All Commission
President Association of Expert of Recreation of Belgrade
Member ASO Belgrade and Sport for All Commission
Member TAFISA Europe Steering Committee
Member National Educational Council Serbia
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Jaroslava Kopcakova
Senior Researcher
Department
of Health Psychology and Research Methodology Faculty of Medicine, P.J.Safarik University, Slovak
Republic
SLOVENIA
Andrea Backovic Jurian
National
Health Promoter
National Public Health Institute,
Slovenia
SLOVENIA
Maja Dakskobler
National
Public Health Institute, Slovenia
SPAIN
David Martinez
Assistant
Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine and
Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPaz, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP),
Madrid, Spain
SWEDEN
Maria Hagstromer
Associate Professor, Head of Division
Division of Physiotherapy, Department of
Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet,
Solna, Sweden
SWITZERLAND
Andrea Poffet
Swiss Federal Office
of Public Health Department of NCD Prevention, Switzerland
TURKEY
Gul Baltaci
Professor
Association of Turkish Sports
Physiotherapists, Turkey
TURKEY
Nazan Yardim
Minister of Health, Department of
Physical Activity and Nutrition, Turkey
UKRAINE
Tatiana Andreeva
Editor-in-Chief
Tobacco Control and Public Health in
Eastern Europe
WALES
John Stewart
Bradley
Principal Health Promotion Specialist
Public Health Wales,
Cardiff, Wales
LATIN AMERICA
& CARIBBEAN:
ARUBA, ANTIGUA
& BARBUDA, BERMUDA, CURACAO, CAYMAN ISLANDS, DOMINICA, GUYANA, GRENADA, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, HAITI , ST. MARTIN (FRENCH PART),
ST. LUCIA, ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ST. MARTIN (DUTCH PART)
Tamu Davidson
Head
of Chronic Disease and Injury Department.
Surveillance,
Disease Prevention & Control Division. Caribbean Public Health Agency
(CARPHA)
ARUBA, ANTIGUA
& BARBUDA, BERMUDA, CURACAO, CAYMAN ISLANDS, DOMINICA, GUYANA, GRENADA, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, HAITI , ST. MARTIN (FRENCH PART),
ST. LUCIA, ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ST. MARTIN (DUTCH PART)
Lisa Indar
Director-Surveillance,
Disease Prevention & Control Division. Caribbean Public Health Agency
(CARPHA)
ARGENTINA
Oscar
Incarbone
General Coordinator
Coordinador
general, tecnicatura en salud, alimentación y actividad física en la universidad ISALUD
BARBADOS
Christina Howitt
The George Alleyne Chronic Disease
Research Centre; Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of the
West Indies; Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies
BARBADOS
Alafia Samuels
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of
the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies
BELIZE,
EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, PANAMA
Kevin Martinez-Folgar
Doctoral Student in Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. USA.
BOLIVIA
Isabel Cárdenas
Member
Exercise is Medicine, Bolivia
BRAZIL
Alex
Florindo
Professor
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
CHILE
Jaime Leppe
Research
Coordinator
School
of Physical Therapy,
Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana
Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
COLOMBIA
Nubia Yaneth Ruiz Gómez
Coordinator
Internal Work Group on Physical Activity
of the Ministry of Sports of Colombia
COLOMBIA
Franklin Prieto
Technical Director of Surveillance and Risk Analysis in
Public Health
National Institute of Health of Colombia
COSTA RICA
Inés Revuelta-Sánchez
Associate Professor and Senior Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
COSTA RICA
Thelma Sanchez
Asociación Costarricense
de Cardiología, San José, Costa Rica
COSTA RICA
Gerardo Araya
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica
COSTA RICA
Margarita Claramunt
Ministerio de Salud
COSTA RICA
Yadira Fernández
Ministerio de Salud
CUBA
Gladys Bequer
Professor
Departamento de Cultura Física del Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación
Física y Recreación (INDER)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Richard Marine
Coordinator
Exercise is Medicine, Medical Doctor at
Sports Medicine and Nutrition at NutriMed, Santo
Domingo, Republica Dominicana
ECUADOR
Angelica
Ochoa
Professor,
Coordinator
University of Cuenca
ECUADOR
Susana Andrade
Researcher
and professor
University
of Cuenca
JAMAICA
Kamilah S. Hylton
Dean and Associate Professor
Faculty of Science and
Sport, University of Technology, Jamaica
JAMAICA
Takese Foga
Director of Health Promotion and Education in the Ministry
of Health and Wellness, Jamaica
MEXICO
Alejandra Jauregui
Head
of the Physical Activity Research Unit and Professor
Mexican
National Institute of Public Health
MEXICO
Catalina Medina
Researcher
Department
of Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles, National Institute of Public
Health, Mexico.
MEXICO
Juan Rivera
Director General (Dean)
National
Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP)
MEXICO
Deborah Salvo
Assistant
Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston (UTHealth), School Of Public Health in Austin,
and an Adjunct Researcher and Faculty Member at the National Institute of
Public Health of Mexico (INSP)
NICARAGUA
Enrique José
Medina Sandino
President
Nicaraguan
Foundation for Diabetes and Exercise
is Medicine, Managua, Nicaragua
NICARAGUA
Vera Amanda Solís
Universidad Centroamericana
UCA, Managua, Nicaragua
PARAGUAY
Felicia Cañete
Director and Professor
Vigilancia de Enfermedades No Transmisibles– Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social.
Facultad de Ciencias Medicas-Universidad
Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
PERU
Oscar Flores
Center
for Global NCD Research and Training. PRISMA ONG
Centro de Investigación del
Envejecimiento (CIEN) – Facultad
de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de
Porres
PUERTO
RICO
Mercedes
Rivera
Professor
Red Actividad Fisica de Puerto Rico- RAFA –PUR, Rio Piedras
Campus, University of
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
SURINAME
Se-Sergio Baldew
Lecturer
and Researcher
Faculty
of Medical Sciences of the Anton de Kom University of
Suriname (AdeKUS), Suriname
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Nichols
Selby
Senior Lecturer
University of West Indies, Trinidad and
Tobago
URUGUAY
Cecilia del Campo
Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, Uruguay
URUGUAY
Oscar Díaz Arnesto
Member
Exercise is Medicine, Uruguay
URUGUAY
Javier Sayavera
Universidad de la
República, Uruguay
VENEZUELA
Rolando Carrizales-Ramos
Professor
Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Universidad
Nacional Experimental Rafael María Baralt, Cabimas, Venezuela
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Lyna Fredericks
Conseiller Director of chronic diseases, Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Health, Virgin Islands
MIDDLE EAST
& NORTH AFRICA:
DJIBOUTI
Abchir Aly
Saad Hassan Aden
Conseiller Pédagogique
chez Ministére de l’Education
Nationale et de la Formation profesionnelle
EGYPT
Said El-Ashker
Professor
Faculty of Sports and
Physical Education, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
GAMBIA
Omar Badje
Programme Manager
Non Communicable Disease Prevention &
Control and
National Focal Point for Tobacco/ FCTC
Directorate of Health Promotion &
Education
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare
Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa
JORDAN
Nour Obeidat
King Hussain Cancer Center
JORDAN
Rawan Shihab
Head, Nutrition & Health Education, Cancer Control
Office
IRAQ
Saad Younus Agha
Assistant Professor
Department
of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Dohuk, Dohuk, Iraq
ISRAEL
Prof. Mickey Scheinowitz
Chairman and Director
Department
of Biomedical Engineering & Sylvan Adams Sports Institute, Tel Aviv
university, Israel
QATAR
Daniela Khidir
AS CAO Office, ASPETAR
LEBANON
Lara Nasreddine
Associate
Professor and Chair
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon
MALTA
Andrew Decelis
Professor
Institute
for Physical Education and Sport, University Sports Complex, University of
Malta, Msida, Malta
MOROCCO
Asmaa El Hamdouchi
Researcher
Unité Mixte de Recherche Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN- Université Ibn Tofail URAC39
Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA
OMAN
Lyutha Al Subhi
Assistant
Professor
Department of Food Science and Human
Nutrition, Sultan Qaboos University, Omán
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES, PALESTINE AND WEST BANK & GAZA
Haleama Al Sabbah
Associate Professor
Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
SAUDI
ARABIA
Majed
Alnaji
Research Specialist
Ministry of Sports of Saudi Arabia
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Louay Labban
Professor
Department of Nutrition and food Science,
Faculty of Health sciences, University of Kalamoon,
Damascus, Syria
NORTH AMERICA:
CANADA
Christine Cameron
President
Canadian
Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CANADA
John C. Spence
University
of Alberta, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Geoffrey P Whitfield
Epidemiologist
Physical
Activity and Health Branch
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of
America
SOUTH ASIA:
BANGLADESH
Abdur Razzaque
Emeritus Scientist
Climate Change and Health
Health System and Population Studies Division
International
Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICCDDR,) B, Dhaka
BHUTAN & SRI LANKA
Chathuranga Ranasinghe
Lecturer
Allied
Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
INDIA
Shifalika Goenka
Public
Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
NEPAL
Susan Paudel
School
of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia
PAKISTAN
Aamir Raoof Memon
Assistant
Professor
Institute
of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Peoples University of Medical
& Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah (SBA)
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA:
ANGOLA
Pedro Magalhães
Professor
Department of Physiological Sciences,
Medical School of the Agostinho Neto University,
Luanda, Angola
BOTSWANA
Tladi Dawn
Associate
Professor
Department
of Physical Education Health & Recreation, Sport Psychology University of
Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
BOTSWANA
Leapetswe Malete
Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State
University
BURKINA FASO
Sawadogo Amidou
Professor Assistant at the Institute of Sport Sciences and Human Development, University of Joseph KI-ZERBO, Head of Sport and Physical Activity Department, Burkina Faso
CAMEROON
Felix K. Assah
Lecturer of Epidemiology
Department
of Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University of
Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon
COTE D’IVOIRE
Amangoua Théodore Asse
Sport and physical education instructor
Félix
Houphouët-Boigny National Polytechnic Institute
ETHIOPIA
Chalchisa Abdeta
Early
Start Research, University of Wollongong, Australia
ETHIOPIA
Alem Deksisa
Adama Hospital Medical College, Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA
Debrework Tesfaye
Wolaita Sodo University
GHANA
Reginald Ocansey
Professor
Active
Living & Wellness Alliance Group (ALWAG)
Ghana
KENYA
Vincent O. Onywera
Professor
Department of Physical Education,
Exercise and Sports Science, Kenyatta University
MALAWI
Enock Madalitso Chisati
Senior
lecturer and Head of the Physiotherapy programme
College
of Medicine, University of Malawi
MOZAMBIQUE
Albertino Damasceno
Faculty of Medicine (A.D., D.D.), Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
NAMIBIA
Hilde Nashandi
Lecturer
School
of Nursing in Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Namibia
NIGERIA
Adewale Oyeyemi
Senior
Lecturer
College of Medical Sciences of the
University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
RWANDA
Theogene Dusingizimana
Senior Lecturer
University
of Rwanda, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Busogo
Campus, Musanze, Rwanda
SENEGAL
Adama Diouf
Professor
Laboratoire de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation Humaine
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakat (UCAD)
SEYCHELLES
Bharathi Viswanathan
Programme Manager, NCD Section
Department of Public Health, Ministry of
Health, Victoria, Seychelles
SEYCHELLES
Pascal Bovet
Associate Professor
Institut universitaire de médecine
sociale et préventive
(IUMSP) Division des Maladies Chroniques (dMC), Lausanne, Suisse.
SOUTH AFRICA
Estelle Victoria (Vicki) Lambert
Professor
Health
through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Center (HPALS)
Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM), FMIS International
Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty
of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
Tracy L. Kolbe-Alexander
Associate
Head of School – Research
School of Health & Wellbeing l Faculty of Health, Engineering &
Sciences
University of Southern Queensland
TANZANIA
Jackline Jema Nusurupia
District Nutrition
Officer
Karatu, Arusha, Tanzania
UGANDA
Sandra
BS Kasoma
Professor
Department of Sports Science Makerere University (MUK) Founder of The
Physical Activity Network in Uganda – TPANU, Uganda
ZAMBIA
Wilbroad Mutale
University of Zambia School of Public Health,
Zambia
ZIMBABWE
Moreways Changa
Standards
Control Officer at Sports and Recreation Commisssion
– Zimbabwe