Congratulations to the FitBack members who presented at the 34th Paediatric Work Physiology Conference, which took place from September 9-12, 2025 in Peurunka, Finland, organised by the University of Jyväskylä. The conference provided an excellent opportunity to disseminate and celebrate the best paediatric-focused research. There were two conference themes: 1. Children, exercise, and planetary health, and 2. Long-term athletic development in a changing world.
Dr. Tujia Tammelin presented several works as senior scientist, including (among others):
- Gender disparities in physical activity: Exploring gender differences in Finnish early childhood and care settings
- Development of National Physical Activity Monitoring System for 4-6 years-old Children in Finland
- Psychometric properties of the Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (LDCDQ) in Finnish
Dr. Laura Joensuu spoke on:
- Genetic Contribution of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Morbidity and Mortality: A Prospective FinnGen and HUNT study
Dr. Shawnda Morrison spoke on two special sessions (Children, Exercise, and Planetary Health Theme Symposium, and the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) Session):
- How physical fitness can be a climate change countermeasure
- On monitoring School indicator trends from the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Global Matrices 1.0-4.0
You can check out the conference website HERE.
The Preliminary Programme is available HERE.
Congratulations to all the presenters and organisers on preparing an excellent conference, we are looking forward to the next Paediatric Work Physiology conference taking place sometime in 2027!