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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Thiago Herick de Sa holds a degree in Sports Science, and Masters and PhD degrees in Public Health. He started his career as a physical educator, working with older people at hospitals, primary care settings and households in Brazil. From 2010, Thiago worked as a researcher in Brazil and in the UK, with a track record of scientific publications in high-impact journals. Thiago joined WHO in 2017 to support the work around urban, transport and health, including the development of WHO?s Urban Health Initiative (ongoing) and WHO?s Urban Health Research Agenda (2022). He also led the development of several technical resources such as the Sourcebook on Integrating Health in Urban and Territorial Planning (2020) and the adaptation for global use of the HEAT tool (2021). In 2022, Thiago joined the Department of Social Determinants of Health to lead the work on Age-friendly environments, including the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities. Email: herickdesat@who.int (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Active commuting study and promotion are increasing globally, given the strong association between active commuting and current public health problems, like obesity and global warming, and given its potential contribution to crucial areas, such as transportation, health and environment. Thus, the objective of our study was to investigate the frequency, distribution and time trend of activ…
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