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The international Mind, Activities and urban Places in Melbourne study (iMAP) study is investigating how our neighbourhood and other places we regularly visit interact with lifestyle to impact brain health and psychological function in middle to late adulthood.
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Physical inactivity is a major public health concern in Japan. Data from a national sample of Japanese adults show that less than one third of the population engage in sufficient physical activity.
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While an active lifestyle has social, physical and cognitive benefits for people of all ages, levels of activity tend to decrease with age. The place where we live has been shown to influence our levels of activity.
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The EPOCH study uses data from six already existing cohorts to investigate how features of our neighbourhood environment can impact cognition and the risk of cognitive decline.
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To accurately assess the strength of association of the built environment with physical activity and weight status, greater environmental variability is required than any one country can provide. Thus, we have undertaken a ground-breaking international study.
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To accurately assess the strength of association of the built environment attributes with PA, sedentary behaviour and weight status, greater environmental variability is required than any one country can provide.
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Cardio-metabolic diseases (heart diseases and diabetes) are a major burden to our society. Physically-inactive lifestyles can elevate the risk of these diseases.
Read moreThank you for your interest in the Behaviour Environment Cognition Research Program, a research group at the Australian Catholic University that focuses on the impact of the urban environment on physical and cognitive health. If you are interested in participating in our future research, please consider signing up to our Participant Pool Database to be notified when we are starting a study and are looking for participants.
For further details and to sign up, please visit this website.
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