Zan Gao, Ph.D., Kinesiology associate professor and director of the Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL), recently attended the 2018 International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity annual conference with colleagues and graduate students held June 3-6 in Hong Kong, China.
Gao organized a research symposium, “Chinese College Students’ Physical Activity Correlates and Behavior,” which presented the status and correlates (self-efficacy, decisional balance, process of change, motivation) of Chinese college students’ physical activity behavior, sedentary behavior and health through cross-sectional studies.
Also, Gao organized a workshop titled “Emerging Technology in Physical Activity and Health Promotion.” Together with his former advisees, Jung Eun Lee, Ph.D. and Nan Zeng, Ph.D., and graduate assistant Wenxi Liu, they delivered four topics, which were well-received by the faculty and graduate students who attended.
In addition, the PAEL researchers and their collaborators in China presented two research papers at the symposium. Gao also delivered an oral presentation, and Lee gave an oral and poster presentation at the conference. Graduate assistant Liu and Dr. Zeng contributed two poster presentations as well.
The abbreviated citations are as follows:
Gao, Z. (2018, June). Growth trajectory of young children’s objective-determined physical activity, sedentary behavior and body mass index.
Lee, J., Zeng, N., Zhang, Y., & Gao, Z. (2018, June). Moderating effect of gender on relationships between children’s psychosocial beliefs and physical activity in elementary school physical education.
Lee, J., Zeng, N., Zhang, Y., & Gao, Z. (2018, June). Elementary school children’s physical activity and psychosocial beliefs in physical education: Racial differences.
Liu,W., Pope, Z., Lee, J. ,Zeng, N., & Gao, Z. (2018, June). Effects of exergaming on college students’ situational interest and energy expenditure.
Zeng, N., Tao, K., Peng, Q., Xiong, S., Li, X., & Gao, Z. (2018). Relationship among college students’ sedentary behavior, sleep quality, body mass index and diet.
Li, X., Liu, W., Zeng, N., Xiong, S., Tao, K., Peng, Q., & Gao, Z. (2018). Chinese college students’ physical activity, sedentary behavior, body mass index and health status: A cross-section perspective.
Tao, K., Peng, Q., Xiong, S., Li, X., & Gao, Z. (2018). Relationship among college students’ sedentary behavior, sleep quality, body mass index and diet.
