Paddy Dempsey

💡From 22,000+ records to one framework.
This systematic review is the largest inventory of metrics & methods for characterizing temporal movement ➕ a taxonomy for researchers.

#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1123/jmpb...

@pcdempsey.bsky.social

#WearableTech #DigitalHealth #HealthData #BehavioralScience

Growth in the numbers of physicians and health-care managers, 1970–2024

New Research Letter in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism:
🔹 Breaking up sitting ↓ postprandial GIP (not GLP-1) in people with Type 2 Diabetes
🔹 Hints of sex differences
🔹 Timely in the era of GLP-1 RAs
Led by Beth Logan (med student) 👏
OA link: doi.org/10.1111/dom....

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

What's the optimal number of steps of physical activity this is associated with multiple (9) favorable outcomes?
The largest, systematic review of 57 studies, 35 cohorts.
7,000 steps is clinically meaningful, benefit also seen for 4,000 steps cf 2,000 steps
thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Open letter in support of WHO The abrupt cessation of global health funding has placed millions of lives at risk.1 This sudden funding freeze violates basic bioethical principles and values, including human rights, universality, a...

Current Heads of WHO Collaborating Centres back the Organization in a new open letter in The Lancet.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...