Talk N Walk Research

A leading driver behind the Talk N Walk program is the wealth of research that demonstrates time in nature improves mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Research also shows a dramatic drop off in levels of physical activity for girls aged 11-14 (90% do not meet Australia's physical activity guidelines), and demonstrate that traditional physical education, and organised or competitive sport programs have not been successful in improving this statistic.

Read just some of the research below.

Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Tackling teenage disengagement

March 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Tackling teenage disengagement

The Women in Sport Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls insight showed the need to engage girls in more active lifestyles has never been more urgent. This generation of teenage girls are experiencing worrying mental health issues and report being less confident, less happy and increasingly concerned with their appearance[1]. The pandemic has amplified these issues for many girls.

Most People Hate Physical Education and Most Drop Out of Physical Activity: In Search of Credible Curriculum Alternatives

November 1, 2021 | Comments Off on Most People Hate Physical Education and Most Drop Out of Physical Activity: In Search of Credible Curriculum Alternatives

High quality Physical Education should instigate and support all learners to develop into a lifelong participant in a way which upkeeps their own health, fitness, and well-being. There are, however, an ever-increasing number of children who drop out of participating in physical activities at the earliest opportunity, leading to an increase in sedentary lifestyles and a rise in childhood obesity.

This Girl Can, can’t she? Perspectives from physical activity providers and participants on what factors influence participation

August 23, 2021 | Comments Off on This Girl Can, can’t she? Perspectives from physical activity providers and participants on what factors influence participation

The present study used a multi-method approach to qualitatively explore whether the perceptions of young women and girls and exercise providers are aligned in terms of the factors that influence participation with the aim to better understand how these factors influence participation.

Outdoor Activity Participation Improves Adolescents’ Mental Health and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 18, 2021 | Comments Off on Outdoor Activity Participation Improves Adolescents’ Mental Health and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Declines in outdoor activities and park use during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic were linked to reductions in mental health measures for teens and young adults from middle school through college, according to two new studies led by North Carolina State University researchers.

Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants

November 21, 2019 | Comments Off on Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants

The majority of adolescents do not meet current physical activity guidelines. Urgent scaling up of implementation of known effective policies and programmes is needed to increase activity in adolescents.

Girls who are more physically active in childhood may have better lung function in adolescence

July 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Girls who are more physically active in childhood may have better lung function in adolescence

A study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa,” has for the first time demonstrated an association between regular physical activity during childhood and higher lung-function values in adolescent girls.

Why Families Go Outside: An Exploration of Mothers’ and Daughters’ Family-Based Nature Activities

June 20, 2019 | Comments Off on Why Families Go Outside: An Exploration of Mothers’ and Daughters’ Family-Based Nature Activities

Mothers and daughters find spending time outdoors together strengthens communication and family connectedness Twenty-six mothers and daughters participated in semi-structured interviews focusing on their experiences with family-based nature activities (FBNA), defined as two or more family members engaging in outdoor recreation. The mother and daughter interviews were conducted simultaneously but in separate rooms. This arrangement […]

Research Report: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Building Strong Foundations for their Futures

April 3, 2019 | Comments Off on Research Report: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Building Strong Foundations for their Futures

Too many women and girls are needlessly missing out on the lifelong benefits and rewards of sport and physical activity and what happens during teenage years is a huge contributor to this issue.

Mothers and teenage daughters walking to health: using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to improve adolescent girls’ physical activity

March 13, 2018 | Comments Off on Mothers and teenage daughters walking to health: using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to improve adolescent girls’ physical activity

The majority of adolescent girls fail to meet public health guidelines for physical activity. Engaging mothers in the promotion of physical activity for their daughters may be an important strategy to facilitate behaviour change. The aim of this study was to use the behaviour change wheel (BCW) framework to design the components of an intervention to improve adolescent girls’ physical activity.

The role of physical activity enjoyment in the pathways from the social and physical environments to physical activity of early adolescent girls

February 12, 2018 | Comments Off on The role of physical activity enjoyment in the pathways from the social and physical environments to physical activity of early adolescent girls

The findings of this study identified several direct effects of the social and physical environment on PA enjoyment that can begin to inform environmental-level strategies for increasing PA enjoyment among early adolescent girls.

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