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Matthew P. Buman is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include Physical Activity and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Sleep and related disorders, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Topological and Geometric Data Analysis, and Workplace Health and Well-being.

Matthew P. Buman has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, among others such as SLEEP, BMC Public Health, and Circulation.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: broadening the behavioural targets, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Global Public Health Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior for People Living With Chronic Conditions: A Call to Action, 2020, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
  • Efficacy of the 'Stand and Move at Work' multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Kristina Hasanaj, Mark A. Pereira, Krista S. Leonard, Sarah L. Mullane, and Sarah A. Rydell.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Objective light-intensity physical activity associations with rated health in older adults.

    Matthew P. Buman;Eric B. Hekler;William L. Haskell;Leslie Pruitt

  • The current state of physical activity assessment tools.

    Barbara Ainsworth;Lawrence Cahalin;Matthew Buman;Robert Ross

  • Reallocating Time to Sleep, Sedentary Behaviors, or Active Behaviors: Associations With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Biomarkers, NHANES 2005–2006

    Matthew P Buman;Elisabeth A H Winkler;Jonathan M Kurka;Eric B Hekler

  • Harnessing Different Motivational Frames via Mobile Phones to Promote Daily Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Aging Adults

    Abby C. King;Eric B. Hekler;Lauren A. Grieco;Sandra J. Winter

  • Mind the theoretical gap: interpreting, using, and developing behavioral theory in HCI research

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;Jon E. Froehlich;Matthew P. Buman

  • The 24-Hour Activity Cycle: A New Paradigm for Physical Activity.

    Mary E. Rosenberger;Janet E. Fulton;Matthew P. Buman;Richard P. Troiano

  • Advancing the global physical activity agenda: recommendations for future research by the 2020 WHO physical activity and sedentary behavior guidelines development group

    Loretta DiPietro;Salih Saad Al-Ansari;Stuart J.H. Biddle;Katja Borodulin

  • Twenty-four Hours of Sleep, Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Activity with Nine Wearable Devices.

    Mary E. Rosenberger;Matthew P. Buman;William L. Haskell;Michael V. Mcconnell

  • Sedentary time in older adults: a critical review of measurement, associations with health, and interventions

    Jennifer L. Copeland;Maureen C. Ashe;Stuart J. H. Biddle;Wendy J. Brown

  • Future directions in physical activity intervention research: expanding our focus to sedentary behaviors, technology, and dissemination

    Beth A. Lewis;Melissa A. Napolitano;Matthew P. Buman;David M. Williams

  • Exercise as a Treatment to Enhance Sleep

    Matthew P. Buman;Abby C. King

  • New global guidelines on sedentary behaviour and health for adults: broadening the behavioural targets

    Paddy C. Dempsey;Paddy C. Dempsey;Paddy C. Dempsey;Stuart J. H. Biddle;Matthew P. Buman;Sebastien Chastin;Sebastien Chastin

  • Agile science: creating useful products for behavior change in the real world.

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;William T. Riley;Matthew P. Buman

  • Physical Activity Promotion: Highlights from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Systematic Review.

    Abby C King;Melicia C Whitt-Glover;David X Marquez;Matthew P Buman

  • Direct comparison of two actigraphy devices with polysomnographically recorded naps in healthy young adults.

    Nicola Cellini;Matthew P. Buman;Elizabeth A. McDevitt;Ashley A. Ricker

  • Peer Volunteers Improve Long-Term Maintenance of Physical Activity With Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Matthew P. Buman;Peter R. Giacobbi;Joseph M. Dzierzewski;Adrienne Aiken Morgan

  • Longitudinal Study of Depressive Symptoms and Social Support in Adolescent Mothers

    Joanna D. Brown;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth R. Woods;Matthew P. Buman

  • Reliability and validity of CHAMPS self-reported sedentary-to-vigorous intensity physical activity in older adults.

    Eric B. Hekler;Matthew P. Buman;William L. Haskell;Terry L. Conway

  • Targeting Reductions in Sitting Time to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health

    Sarah K. Keadle;David E. Conroy;Matthew P. Buman;David Wayne Dunstan

  • Depression, Parenting Attributes, and Social Support among Adolescent Mothers Attending a Teen Tot Program

    Joanne E. Cox;Matthew Buman;Jennifer Valenzuela;Natalie Pierre Joseph

  • Does nighttime exercise really disturb sleep? Results from the 2013 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Poll

    Matthew P. Buman;Barbara A. Phillips;Shawn D. Youngstedt;Christopher E. Kline

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric B. Hekler
Eric B. Hekler University of California, San Diego
Abby C. King
Abby C. King Stanford University
Peter R. Giacobbi
Peter R. Giacobbi West Virginia University
Christina S. McCrae
Christina S. McCrae University of Missouri
Michael Marsiske
Michael Marsiske University of Florida
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University
Marc A. Adams
Marc A. Adams Arizona State University
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Britton W. Brewer
Britton W. Brewer Springfield College
Joseph Firth
Joseph Firth University of Manchester

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