Media Mentions

HealthDay: "Increasing walk cadence counters frailty among seniors, study says"

President's Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition Annual Meeting (9/6/24): Introducing Lifetime Impact Award Winner, Dr. Kathryn Schmitz 

CBS News (3/29/24): "What do fitness trackers really do for your health?"

Men's Health (C. Ritchey, 1/3/23): "How to keep your new year's fitness resolutions"

New York Times (D. Friedman, 12/2/22): "Stressed during the holidays? There’s an exercise for that"

US News & World Report (S. Reinberg, 7/26/22): "More evidence fitness trackers can boost your health"

The Atlantic (M. Mertens, 6/1/22): "Standing now counts as exercise"

USA Today (A. Olson, 5/3/22): "I'm a woman who likes to go running. Why am I pressured to drink beer during exercise?"

New York Times (G. Reynolds, 12/22/21): "How exercise may affect our alcohol consumption"

NIH OBBSR Monthly Connector (11/9/21): "Promoting physical exercise by applying engineering tools to personalize fitness tracker messages"

Centered Magazine (D.J. Leos, Spring 2021): "A walk in the outdoors"

CNBC (C. Stieg, 1/14/21): "How the pandemic killed your motivation, and 6 simple ways to get it back, according to science"

Philly Voice (M. Tanenbaum, 10/4/20): "Penn State researchers get $3 million grant for wearable tech to prevent kidney stones"

Medical XPress (A. Wagner, 9/24/20): "Can wearable technology help older adults maintain healthy lives?"

The Cut/New York Magazine (K. Heaney, 1/31/20): "Why can't I commit to a hobby?"

Science Trends (J. Yang & D.E. Conroy, 4/8/19): "Mindfulness and exercise: Helping students cope with stress"

CNBC (C. Farr, 1/6/19): "Billions of dollars are pouring into digital health, but Americans are still getting sicker and dying younger"

Forbes (A.G. Walton, 6/21/18): "Marrying mindfulness and movement reduces stress, boosts mood"

Technology Networks (1/9/18): "Self-monitoring of food intake affected by day of week"

Today Show (M. Holohan, 10/14/16): "Reward for sweating? We drink more alcohol when we exercise"

New York Times (G. Reynolds, 12/2/15): "The close ties between exercise and beer"

PopSugar (Self, 7/1/15): "What happens when you work out, then drink"

Time (M. Oaklander, 9/23/14): "We drink more alcohol when we exercise"

National Public Radio (N. Shute, 5/6/14): "Most fitness apps don't use proven motivational techniques"

US News & World Report (A.M. Miller, 9/29/14): "Do you run for beer? how to maintain a healthy balance between working out and going out"

Washington Post (E. Izadi, 9/23/14): "Working out? Drink! Your gym days are also your booze days, study shows"

Shape (M. Ketchiff, nd): "How much alcohol can you drink before it starts to mess with your fitness?"

Fox News Health (9/23/14): "New study finds people drink more on days when they are physically active"

ScienceDaily (5/6/14): "Mobile health apps lack behavior-change techniques"

US Dept Health & Human Services Healthbeat podcast (3/26/12): "Weekly changes in physical activity motivation"

US Dept Health & Human Services Healthbeat podcast (4/11/12): "Feel-good effects of physical activity"