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PhD (University of South Carolina)
Stewart Trost is a Professor of Physical Activity and Health, in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Trost’s research interests include measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, psychosocial and environmental correlates of physical activity behaviour, and community-based interventions to promote physical activity and prevent obesity in children and youth. He has served as a consultant on matters related to measurement of physical activity to many domestic and international research groups and public health organizations including the Australian Federal Government, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, US Centers for Disease Control, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Trost headed the scientific committee responsible for drafting the first children's physical activity recommendations for Australian youth, was a member of the scientific committee for drafting physical activity and screen time recommendations for Australian children under five, and was a member of the CDC panel to establish evidence-based guidelines for physical activity in school aged youth in the United States. In 2012, he served on the USA President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Science Board. Trost currently serves as the Associate Director of IHBI at the Queensland Centre for Children's Health Research where he leads the Children's Physical Activity Research Group.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Effectiveness of an early childhood intervention to promote healthy child development and prevent chronic disease in families attending community playgroups: A multi-centre cluster randomised trial
- Effects of therapeutic exercise in paediatric survivors of childhood posterior fossa brain tumours.
- Short and long-term effects of therapeutic exercise in children with bronchiectasis: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.
Additional information
- Title
- Framing and Enabling Children's Active Play using Novel Technology
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP200100723
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Short and Long-Term Effects of Therapeutic Exercise in Children with Bronchiectasis: A Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1160613
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Bronchiectasis; Exercise Therapy; Child Health; Exacerbation; Quality of Life
- Title
- Evidence-Informed Physical Activity Policy for Early Childhood Education and Care
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1152086
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Physical activity; Child care centres; Policy development; Policy evaluation; Child health
- Title
- Participate-CP: Optimising Participation in Physically Active Leisure for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomised Controlled Trial
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1140756
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Cerebral palsy; Participation; Physical activity; Paediatric; Clinical trial
- Title
- Intergenerational park design for active and engaged communities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP160101341
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1101675
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Children; Measurement; Obesity; Obesity Related Behaviour
- Title
- Modelling active play in preschool children using machine learning
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150100116
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Physical Activity; Neural Networks; Accelerometry
- Title
- Implementation of Comprehensive Surveillance to PREDICT outcomes for children with Cerebral Palsy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1077257
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Cerebral Palsy Treatments; Brain Development; Outcomes Research; Health Economics; Quality of Life; Neuroscience; Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Title
- Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour in Early Childhood: A Group Randomised Controlled Effectiveness Trial
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1062433
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Physical Activity; Early Childhood; Intervention; Child Care Centres; Child Behaviour; Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT); Overweight/Obesity; Prevention; Sedentary Behaviour; School Health Promotion