David Crawford is the recipient of the Tom Baranowski Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
Honoring Professor David Crawford We are delighted to announce that Professor David Crawford AM, Deakin Distinguished Professor Emeritus, has been awarded the highest honor of
Children and Families SIG: May 2025 Newsletter
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eBlast: May 29, 2025
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eBlast: May 22, 2025
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Early Care and Education SIG: May 2025 Newsletter
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Participatory Research in Health Promotion SIG: May 2025 Newsletter
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Reply and help the research by ISBNPA colleagues
Researchers at the University of South Carolina are interested in how behavioral scientists view preliminary studies regarding evidence to scale to a larger, well-powered trial.
Increasing Diet Quality through Pandemic-EBT benefit, SNAP, and School Meals during and after COVID-19: A SBM Position Statement
ISBNPA supports the Society of Behavioral Medicine Position Statement about the quality of meals of child nutrition programs during the pandemic. Summary Statement The Society
COVID-19 and Physical Activity; A call for action from Jim Sallis and Michael Pratt
The text below was sent to ISBNPA by the authors, asking to make it available to the ISBNPA community. ISBNPA is actively looking into the
The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths. A free Massive Online Open Course
The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths. A free Massive Online Open Course
Physical Activity Can Be Helpful in the Coronavirus Pandemic – a letter from Jim Sallis and Michael Pratt
Physical Activity Can Be Helpful in the Coronavirus Pandemic – a letter from Jim Sallis and Michael Pratt
Physical Activity Can Be Helpful in the Coronavirus Pandemic – a letter from Jim Sallis and Michael Pratt
Physical Activity Can Be Helpful in the Coronavirus Pandemic – a letter from Jim Sallis and Michael Pratt
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Nominations for the ISBNPA 2024 Elections
The ISBNPA Executive Committee will have several positions up to election in November 2023. Both ISBNPA members and non-members may suggest nominees for those positions.
Dianne Ward Obituary
In Loving Memory of Dianne Ward It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to an extraordinary individual, Dianne Ward, who has left an
ISBNPA Assembly General of the Members 2023
The 2023 ISBNPA AGM was held on May 16, 2000 UTC, in a virtual room. The recording of the event is available below. The call
February 2023 – Massive Open Online Course “The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths”
Another great learning opportunity is being offered by the group of Professor Clare Collins, a confirmed keynote for ISBNPA 2023. Read on to learn more
Massive Open Online Course “The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling Diet Myths”
Another great learning opportunity is being offered by the group of Professor Clare Collins, a confirmed keynote for ISBNPA 2023. Read on to learn more
Nominations for the ISBNPA 2023 Elections
The ISBNPA Executive Committee will have several positions up to election in November 2022. Both ISBNPA members and non-members may suggest nominees for those positions.
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Submitting your symposia abstracts to ISBNPA2025
Thank you for submitting your best research to ISBNPA. Please note the following process for submitting the symposia abstracts: The chair may submit all the
Request for Proposal (RFP) for Professional Conference Organizer (2025-2030)
Introduction The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) is seeking proposals from experienced and professional conference organizers to manage our annual scientific
Nominations for the ISBNPA 2025 Elections
As part of the ISBNPA community (current member or not) you are invited to submit nominations (only ISBNPA members can be nominated) for the election
Executive Committee Elections Results, ISBNPA 2024
The results of the election for the ISBNPA EC are below. ## Results Summary – ElectedPresident-elect: Sebastien Chastin (90%)Treasurer: Leah Carpenter (89%)Members-at-large: Angelica Ochoa-Aviles (54%)
ISBNPA 2024 Elections and Bylaws Changes
All ISBNPA members are invited to vote in the ISBNPA 2024 elections from November 15th to December 8th, 2023. The ballot is sent via email,
Nominations for the ISBNPA 2024 Elections
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Journal News
IJBNPA – New Associate Editors 2017
We are delighted to announce that Jean Adams, Melanie Hingle, Nanna Lien, Dana Olstad, and Delfien Van Dyck have been appointed as Associate Editors of IJBNPA. Our new colleagues greatly expand the expertise of the editing team and we are pleased that we have been able to recruit such outstanding scientists.
IJBNPA scores the highest rank on Open Access Journals Ranking Report
IJBNPA has scored the highest rank on Open Access Journals Ranking Report.
IJBNPA update – October 2015
We want
the journal to be the home of the best behavioural nutrition and physical
activity research but we need your help – we cannot do the job without you! So,
please submit your BEST work, review
papers when asked, read the articles, and cite and tweet about the fantastic
science that is being conducted in our field.
Opportunities
Call for leadership members – Socioeconomic Inequalities SIG
The Socioeconomic Inequalities SIG wants to express to all our international inequality researchers the will to have you as a part of our leadership team.
2022 Early Career Researcher/PhD Student Seed Funding
ISBNPA-Cancer Prevention and Management (CPM) Special Interest Group Due July 15, 2022 by 11:59pm ET This seed funding opportunity has been developed to assist ECRs
#ISBNPA2022 Scholarships
We take pride in letting you know that the ISBNPA is covering the costs of this initiative. ISBNPA is pleased to be able to offer
Call for IJBNPA’s Editor-in-Chief
Job Description We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for IJBNPA to handle new submissions, and continue to enhance the journal’s quality and reputation. IJBNPA is currently a
NCCOR’s newest resource: A Toolkit for Evaluating Childhood Healthy Weight Programs
To make it easier to assess the impact of programs and therefore improve program effectiveness and sustainability, National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) developed A
Nominations for ISBNPA Executive Committee 2021
You are invited to submit nominations for the election of the following ISBNPA Executive Committee positions: President-Elect (term will run from June 2022 until June
