Dr. Sven Messing is a research associate at the WHO Collaborating Centre on Physical Activity and Public Health. His research focuses on approaches and policy measures for physical activity promotion. In this context, he also deals with the influence of global challenges on the research field and possible synergy effects of physical activity promotion and climate protection.

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Selected publications

Abu-Omar, K., Gelius, P. & Messing, S. (2020). Physical activity promotion in the age of climate change [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 9:349 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.23764.2

Abu-Omar, K., Messing, S., Tcymbal, A., Fleuren, T., Richardson, D., Whiting, S., Gelius, P., Wickramasinghe, K. (2022). A proposed checklist for climate-friendly sport and exercise programmes. European Journal of Public Health, 32, i44-i49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac073