  {"id":12,"date":"2013-10-11T22:29:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:11:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Activity &amp; Health Research Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2025\/06\/pahrlab-banner-1500x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of the feet of someone running on a treadmill\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\"\/><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--gradient\"><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--content uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--column uwm-u-flex--center-y uwm-u-text--center\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Physical Activity &amp; Health Research Laboratory<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-studying-the-effects-of-exercise\">Studying the Effects of Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory examines glucose and metabolic regulation, obesity, physical activity promotional strategies, mediators and moderators of physical activity behavior, and methodological improvements in assessing physical activity and obesity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our laboratory\u2019s integrated approach to scientific study covers multiple populations, including older adults, healthy adults and diseased adults, all from diverse social cultural backgrounds. The laboratory has strong ties to community organizations, offering an ability to conduct both laboratory and community based research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading panel-title\" id=\"h-our-mission-amp-lab-goals\">Our Mission &amp; Lab Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list check\">\n<li>Identify determinants of changes in health induced by exercise, physical activity and inactivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify mediators of physical activity and inactivity behavior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop approaches to increase physical activity and exercise behavior and decrease inactivity in the treatment and prevention of disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote healthy aging and physical activity and exercise adoption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disseminate information regarding the impact of exercise, physical activity and inactivity on human health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educate and train future scholars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-977\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resources\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/services-facilities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"923\">Lab Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/services-facilities\/services-request-form\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1070\">Request a Service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/research\/become-a-research-participant\/\">Research Participation Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/research\/research-participation-registry\/\">Join the Research Registry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/research\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"47\">Current Research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/research\/other-ongoing-studies\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1073\">Other Ongoing Studies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"uwm-c-link--arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/contact\/#Directions\">Directions to the Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2020\/05\/pahrlab-logo-300x133.png\" alt=\"Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory Logo\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2020\/05\/pahrlab-logo-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2020\/05\/pahrlab-logo.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the work of students and faculty in the Physical Activity and Health Research Laboratory, part of the Kinesiology program at 51ÁÔÆæ.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/pahrlab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Physical Activity &amp; 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