Physical Activity Research Center

Physical Activity Research Center

Making physical activity an everyday experience for all children
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Project Profiles
Learn about the research we have conducted and commissioned to build evidence on policies and practices that promote safe and developmentally appropriate physical activity for children.
Research Agenda
With input from diverse stakeholders, we have identified important future research studies to promote and ensure healthy weight and healthy levels of physical activity for at-risk youth.
Latest News
See the latest news and events from the PARC team and the broader youth physical activity research field.

Meet Our Team

Impact of a youth advocacy policy, systems and environmental change program for physical activity on perceptions and beliefs
Impact of a youth advocacy policy, systems and environmental change program for physical activity on perceptions and beliefs By: Nisha D. Botchwey, Jasmine Jones-Bynes, Katie...
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Electronic Devices as Correlates of Sedentary Behavior and Screen Time Among Diverse Low-Income Adolescents During the School Year and Summer Time
Electronic Devices as Correlates of Sedentary Behavior and Screen Time Among Diverse Low-Income Adolescents During the School Year and Summer Time Download the lay summary....
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Differences in child physical activity levels at rural Play Streets due to activity type and sex
Differences in child physical activity levels at rural Play Streets due to activity type and sex Download the lay summary. By: Tyler M. Prochnow, M....
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Impact of a youth advocacy policy, systems and environmental change program for physical activity on perceptions and beliefs
Impact of a youth advocacy policy, systems and environmental change program for physical activity on perceptions and beliefs By: Nisha D. Botchwey, Jasmine Jones-Bynes, Katie...
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What is PARC?

Meet Our Team

  • James F. Sallis, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
  • Terry L. Conway, PhD, Research Scientist, UC San Diego
  • Nisha D. Botchwey, PhD, MCRP, MPH, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Anna J. Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
  • Myron F. Floyd, PhD, Professor, North Carolina State University
  • Aaron Hipp, PhD, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
  • Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Renée Umstattd Meyer, PhD, MCHES, Associate Professor, Baylor University
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