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Fiona Bull is affiliated with the World Health Organization in Switzerland and has made significant contributions to research in medicine, particularly focusing on physical activity and health. Their work spans several subfields including physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, transportation, and health. The main topics explored in their research include physical activity and health, obesity related to physical activity and diet, mobile health and mHealth applications, urban transport and accessibility, health disparities and outcomes, behavioral health and interventions, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bull are:

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour (2020), published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years: summary of the evidence (2020), published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5.7 million participants (2024), published in The Lancet Global Health
  • Air pollution, physical activity and health: A mapping review of the evidence (2020), published in Environment International
  • The cost of inaction on physical inactivity to public health-care systems: a population-attributable fraction analysis (2022), published in The Lancet Global Health

Fiona Bull has frequently published in a range of academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (7 publications)
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (5 publications)
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health (3 publications)
  • Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science (3 publications)
  • The Lancet Global Health (2 publications)

Their research collaboration network includes frequent co-authorship with several scholars:

  • Juana Willumsen (14 co-authored works)
  • Anne Tiedemann (6 co-authored works)
  • Hidde P. van der Ploeg (6 co-authored works)
  • Stuart Biddle (5 co-authored works)
  • Karen Milton (5 co-authored works)

Within the broad field of medicine, Bull's work has a marked emphasis on physiology and public health issues related to physical activity, sedentary behavior, and their impact on various population groups and health systems. This intersects with concerns about urban transport, accessibility, and the use of mobile technology in health interventions.

Best Publications

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

    Fiona C. Bull;Salih S. Al-Ansari;Stuart Biddle;Katja Borodulin

  • Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

    Pedro C. Hallal;Lars Bo Andersen;Lars Bo Andersen;Fiona C. Bull;Regina Guthold

  • Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1·9 million participants

    Regina Guthold;Gretchen A Stevens;Leanne M Riley;Fiona C Bull

  • Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) : nine country reliability and validity study

    Fiona C. Bull;Tahlia S. Maslin;Timothy Armstrong

  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GLOBAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (GPAQ)

    Timothy Armstrong;Fiona Bull

  • The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries

    Adrian Bauman;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Tien Chey;Cora L Craig

  • 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour for children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: summary of the evidence

    Jean-Philippe Chaput;Jean-Philippe Chaput;Juana F. Willumsen;Fiona Bull;Roger Chou

  • Progress in physical activity over the Olympic quadrennium

    James F. Sallis;Fiona C Bull;Regina Guthold;Gregory W. Heath

  • Developing a framework for assessment of the environmental determinants of walking and cycling.

    Terri Pikora;Billie Giles-Corti;Fiona Bull;Fiona Bull;Konrad Jamrozik;Konrad Jamrozik

  • An assessment of self-reported physical activity instruments in young people for population surveillance: Project ALPHA

    Stuart Jh Biddle;Trish Gorely;Trish Gorely;Natalie Pearson;Natalie Pearson;Fiona C L Bull;Fiona C L Bull

  • Understanding physical activity environmental correlates : increased specificity for ecological models

    Billie Giles-Corti;Anna Timperio;Fiona Bull;Terri Pikora

  • The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sitting: A 20-Country Comparison Using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

    Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth;James F. Sallis;Maria Hagstromer

  • Updating the evidence for physical activity: summative reviews of the epidemiological evidence, prevalence, and interventions to promote "active aging"

    Adrian E Bauman;Dafna Merom;Fiona C Bull;David M Buchner

  • Unsafe to play? Neighborhood disorder and lack of safety predict reduced physical activity among urban children and adolescents

    Beth E. Molnar;Steven L. Gortmaker;Fiona C. Bull;Stephen L. Buka

  • Developing a reliable audit instrument to measure the physical environment for physical activity

    Terri J Pikora;Fiona C.L Bull;Konrad Jamrozik;Konrad Jamrozik;Matthew Knuiman

  • Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries

    James F. Sallis;Heather R. Bowles;Adrian Bauman;Barbara E. Ainsworth

  • Public green spaces and positive mental health – investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing

    Lisa Wood;Paula Hooper;Sarah Foster;Fiona Bull

  • How does physician advice influence patient behavior? Evidence for a priming effect.

    Matthew W. Kreuter;Shobhina G. Chheda;Fiona C. Bull

  • Reliability and validity testing of a single-item physical activity measure

    K. Milton;Fiona Bull;A. Bauman

Frequent Co-Authors

Billie Giles-Corti
Billie Giles-Corti RMIT University
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Matthew Knuiman
Matthew Knuiman University of Western Australia
Hayley Christian
Hayley Christian University of Western Australia
Paula Hooper
Paula Hooper University of Western Australia
James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis University of California, San Diego
Anna Timperio
Anna Timperio Deakin University
Hannah Badland
Hannah Badland RMIT University
Trish Gorely
Trish Gorely University of the Highlands and Islands
Michael Pratt
Michael Pratt University of California, San Diego

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