Stewart Trost
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Professor
Stewart Trost
Email: : s.trost@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 67768
Positions
Professorial Research Fellow : School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre : Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Child Health Research Centre : Child Health Research Centre : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Overview
Background
Dr. Stewart Trost is a Professor in the School of Human Movement Studies Department at The University of Queensland. Trost received his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of South Carolina, Colombia SC, USA. Trost leads the Children’s Physical Activity Research Group (CPARG) at the QLD Centre of Children’s Health Research. CPARG is dedicated to expanding the body of knowledge on physical activity and its promotion in children and adolescents. An overarching aim of CPARG is to enhance the health of young people by generating the knowledge needed to design and implement effective programs to increase physical activity in children with typical development and those with chronic and complex health conditions. His research interests include device-based assessment of physical activity and sedentary behavior, early life prevention of childhood obesity and chronic disease, therapeutic exercise programs for children with chronic health conditions, and the relationships between physical activity and other health behaviors.
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Availability
Professor Stewart Trost is: : Available for supervision
Fields of research
Health Sciences Sports science and exercise
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Research impacts
Professor Trost was a member of the committee convened by the Australian Government to establish public health guidelines for physical in children and youth, as well as children under 5. Trost has developed algorithms for converting accelerometer output into estimates of physical activity intensity and energy expenditure. These algorithms have been adopted in software programs developed by the world’s leading manufacturers of accelerometer technology.
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Works
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All (378) Journal Article (297) Other Outputs (6) Edited Outputs (1) Conference Publication (62) Book Chapter (12)
2026
Journal Article
Home yard and neighbourhood physical environment latent class profiles and preschooler’s physical activity behaviour: findings from the PLAYCE Study
Christian, Hayley, Adams, Emma, Trost, Stewart, Schipperijn, Jasper, Murray, Kevin, Boruff, Bryan, Nathan, Andrea, Stratton, Gareth and Robinson, Trina (2026). Home yard and neighbourhood physical environment latent class profiles and preschooler’s physical activity behaviour: findings from the PLAYCE Study. Environment and Behavior, 58 (1), 61-89. doi: 10.1177/00139165251375176
2025
Journal Article
Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing
Hill, Jessica, Clanchy, Kelly, Trost, Stewart, Fleming, Jennifer, Beckman, Emma, Tweedy, Sean, Dutia, Iain and Gomersall, Sjaan (2025). Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing. JSAMS Plus, 6 100111, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100111
2025
Journal Article
MoveMentor—examining the effectiveness of a machine learning and app-based digital assistant to increase physical activity in adults: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Vandelanotte, Corneel, Trost, Stewart, Hodgetts, Danya, Imam, Tasadduq, Rashid, MD Mamunur, To, Quyen G. and Maher, Carol (2025). MoveMentor—examining the effectiveness of a machine learning and app-based digital assistant to increase physical activity in adults: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 26 (1) 233, 1. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-08926-3
2025
Journal Article
Evaluating the scale-up of the Play Active programme for children’s physical activity in early childhood education and care services: a national type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial protocol
Christian, Hayley, Maher, Carol, Trost, Stewart G., Schipperijn, Jasper, Murray, Kevin, Li, Ian, Nathan, Andrea, Papageorgiou, Alana, Mclaughlin, Matthew and Bauman, Adrian (2025). Evaluating the scale-up of the Play Active programme for children’s physical activity in early childhood education and care services: a national type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial protocol. BMJ Open, 15 (10) e103968, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103968
2025
Journal Article
Scalability and scaling-up strategy of a physical activity policy intervention in Australian childcare centres
Christian, Hayley, Mclaughlin, Matthew, Nathan, Andrea, Adams, Emma, Bauman, Adrian, Naylor, Patti-Jean, Shilton, Trevor, Maher, Carol, Trost, Stewart G and Schipperijn, Jasper (2025). Scalability and scaling-up strategy of a physical activity policy intervention in Australian childcare centres. Health Promotion International, 40 (5) daaf145, 5. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf145
2025
Journal Article
Associations between screen time, sleep quality, diet quality and food selectivity among school-aged autistic children
Wang, Hiu Fei Wendy, Smith, Simon S., O’Flaherty, Martin, Trost, Stewart G., Thomas, George, Walker, Jacqueline L., Fortnum, Kathryn, McNaughton, Sarah, Cairney, John and Bourke, Matthew (2025). Associations between screen time, sleep quality, diet quality and food selectivity among school-aged autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-07064-8
2025
Journal Article
Physical activity, air pollution, and incident long-term conditions: a prospective cohort study
Huang, Minshan, Olsen, Jonathan R., Trost, Stewart G., Celis-Morales, Carlos, Pell, Jill P. and Ho, Frederick K. (2025). Physical activity, air pollution, and incident long-term conditions: a prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine, 23 (1) 491, 491-1. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04338-x
Physical activity, air pollution, and incident long-term conditions: a prospective cohort study
2025
Journal Article
Association between 24-h movement behaviors and mental health in children and adolescents: a systematic review and compositional data meta-analysis
Bourke, Matthew, Wang, Hiu Fei Wendy, Fortnum, Kathryn, Thomas, George, O'Flaherty, Martin, Mulcahy, Samantha K., Gomersall, Sjaan R., Alsop, Tahlia, Trost, Stewart G., Bruijns, Brianne A., Phillips, Sophie M., Vanderloo, Leigh, Tucker, Patricia, Hesketh, Kylie D., Kwan, Matthew Y. W. and Cairney, John (2025). Association between 24-h movement behaviors and mental health in children and adolescents: a systematic review and compositional data meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 35 (8) e70120, e70120-8. doi: 10.1111/sms.70120
2025
Journal Article
Promoting physical activity and peer relationships in adolescent girls through a summer program
Prochnow, Tyler, Patterson, Megan S., Flores, Sara A., Park, Jeong-Hui, Curran, Laurel, Howell, Emily, Jackson, Deja and Trost, Stewart G. (2025). Promoting physical activity and peer relationships in adolescent girls through a summer program. Health Promotion Practice 15248399251347892. doi: 10.1177/15248399251347892
Promoting physical activity and peer relationships in adolescent girls through a summer program
2025
Conference Publication
Participate-CP 2: Optimising attendance and involvement in physically active leisure for children with cerebral palsy: Phase III multi-site randomized controlled trial.
Sakzewski, Leanne, Reedman, Sarah, Elliott, Catherine, Ziviani, Jenny, Novak, Iona, Trost, Stewart, Majnemer, Annette, Comans, Tracy, Shikako, Keiko, Ware, Robert, McNamara, Lynda, Williams, Sian, Keramat, Syed Afroz, Brookes, Denise and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). Participate-CP 2: Optimising attendance and involvement in physically active leisure for children with cerebral palsy: Phase III multi-site randomized controlled trial.. 37th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) and 4th Triennial Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD), Heidelberg, Germany, 24-28 June 2025. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2025
Journal Article
Impact of the Play Active policy intervention on early childhood educator's sedentary behaviour‐related practices, psychosocial influences and meeting policy recommendations: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized trial
Christian, Hayley, Nathan, Andrea, Adams, Emma, Trost, Stewart G. and Schipperijn, Jasper (2025). Impact of the Play Active policy intervention on early childhood educator's sedentary behaviour‐related practices, psychosocial influences and meeting policy recommendations: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized trial. Pediatric Obesity, 20 (6) e70005, e70005. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.70005
2025
Journal Article
Active Start Active Future: feasibility of a behaviour-change intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour and promote physical activity in young children with cerebral palsy
Reedman, Sarah E., Kilgour, Gaela M., Gomersall, Sjaan, Sakzewski, Leanne, Trost, Stewart G. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). Active Start Active Future: feasibility of a behaviour-change intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour and promote physical activity in young children with cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 45 (5), 745-768. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2025.2506061
2025
Journal Article
Study protocol for Active Start Active Future: a randomised control trial of an early behaviour-change intervention targeting physical activity participation and sedentary behaviour in young children with cerebral palsy living in South East Queensland, Australia
Kilgour, Gaela, Reedman, Sarah Elizabeth, Gomersall, Sjaan R., Sakzewski, Leanne, Trost, Stewart and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2025). Study protocol for Active Start Active Future: a randomised control trial of an early behaviour-change intervention targeting physical activity participation and sedentary behaviour in young children with cerebral palsy living in South East Queensland, Australia. BMJ Open, 15 (5) e087697, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087697
2025
Journal Article
Profile of the PLAY spaces & environments for children’s physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep (PLAYCE) cohort study, Western Australia
Christian, Hayley, Nathan, Andrea, Trost, Stewart G., Schipperijn, Jasper, Boruff, Bryan, Adams, Emma K., George, Phoebe, Moore, Hannah L. and Henry, Anna (2025). Profile of the PLAY spaces & environments for children’s physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep (PLAYCE) cohort study, Western Australia. Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors, 4 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.1186/s44167-025-00078-8
2025
Journal Article
Study protocol for the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Musculoskeletal Health Network (AusCP MSK) prospective cohort study: early detection of musculoskeletal complications in young children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (GMFCS III–V)
Munns, Craig F, Bentley, Laura A, Boyd, Roslyn N, Brookes, Denise, Taylor, Maddison J, Pivonka, Peter, Nassar, Natasha, Trost, Stewart G, Little, J Paige, Tucker, Kylie, Burns, Joshua, Sakzewski, Leanne, Badawi, Nadia, Ware, Robert S, Comans, Tracy, Willoughby, Kate L and Paget, Simon (2025). Study protocol for the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Musculoskeletal Health Network (AusCP MSK) prospective cohort study: early detection of musculoskeletal complications in young children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (GMFCS III–V). BMJ Open, 15 (4) e095526, 1-14. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095526
2025
Journal Article
Minimum and optimal combined variations in sleep, physical activity, and nutrition in relation to all-cause mortality risk
Stamatakis, Emmanuel, Koemel, Nicholas A., Biswas, Raaj K., Ahmadi, Matthew N., Allman-Farinelli, Margaret, Trost, Stewart G., Inan-Eroglu, Elif, del Pozo Cruz, Borja, Bin, Yu Sun, Postnova, Svetlana, Duncan, Mitch J., Dumuid, Dorothea, Brown, Helen, Maher, Carol, Fontana, Luigi, Simpson, Stephen and Cistulli, Peter A. (2025). Minimum and optimal combined variations in sleep, physical activity, and nutrition in relation to all-cause mortality risk. BMC Medicine, 23 (1) 111, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03833-x
2025
Journal Article
Misalignment or Motivation? A Cluster Analysis Approach to Understanding Young Adolescent Physical Activity Trajectories in Summer Care Programs
Prochnow, Tyler, Patterson, Megan S., Flores, Sara A., Park, Jeong-Hui, Curran, Laurel, Howell, Emily, Jackson, Deja and Trost, Stewart G. (2025). Misalignment or Motivation? A Cluster Analysis Approach to Understanding Young Adolescent Physical Activity Trajectories in Summer Care Programs. Future, 3 (1), 1. doi: 10.3390/future3010001
2025
Journal Article
Association between 24-hour movement behaviors and adiposity in children and adolescents: A compositional data meta-analysis
Bourke, Matthew, Harrison, Zoe, Fortnum, Kathryn, Thomas, George, O'Flaherty, Martin, Mulcahy, Samantha K., Gomersall, Sjaan R., Alsop, Tahlia, Trost, Stewart G., Koplin, Jennifer J., Bruijns, Brianne A., Phillips, Sophie M., Vanderloo, Leigh M., Tucker, Patricia, Hesketh, Kylie D., Kwan, Matthew Y. W. and Cairney, John (2025). Association between 24-hour movement behaviors and adiposity in children and adolescents: A compositional data meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 26 (5) e13884, e13884. doi: 10.1111/obr.13884
2025
Journal Article
Physical Activity in Very Young Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes
Seckold, Rowen, Fuery, Michelle, Trost, Stewart G., Huynh, Tony, Smart, Carmel E. and King, Bruce R. (2025). Physical Activity in Very Young Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 1-16. doi: 10.1159/000545316
Physical Activity in Very Young Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes
2025
Journal Article
Impact of Iterative Development and Beta-Testing on the Usability and Acceptability of a Novel Just-in-Time Adaptive Digital Physical Activity Intervention
Vandelanotte, Corneel, Maher, Carol, Hodgetts, Danya, Imam, Tasadduq, Rashid, Mamunur, To, Quyen G. and Trost, Stewart (2025). Impact of Iterative Development and Beta-Testing on the Usability and Acceptability of a Novel Just-in-Time Adaptive Digital Physical Activity Intervention. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 22 (10), 1-7. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0107
Funding
Current funding
- 2026 - 2030
The Screen Use Taxonomy: a new framework for investigating the harms and benefits of screen time among children and adolescents
NHMRC IDEAS Grants
Open grant - 2026 - 2027
Unmasking Stress in Anaesthetists: Assessing Heart Rate Variability and Job Demands
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
APAP-YCS: a Co-designed adaption of the Adapted Physical Activity Program to promote lifestyle physical activity among young cancer survivors (MRFF grant administered by QUT)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2024 - 2027
Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a consumer co-designed exercise program in paediatric survivors of sarcoma
World Cancer Research Fund International
Open grant - 2023 - 2027
Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities
NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Effective Treatments and Therapies
Open grant - 2023 - 2027
Australian Cerebral Palsy Musculoskeletal Health Network
NHMRC MRFF EPCDR - Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions in Children and Adolescents
Open grant - 2023 - 2026
Scaling-up the `Play Active¿ program to improve children¿s physical activity in early childhood education and care ¿ a multi-state hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial (MRFF MHHL led by UniWA)
University of Western Australia
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
CP Movetime (MRFF grant led by Curtin University)
Curtin University
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Applying machine learning to develop a smart and engaging chatbot to increase physical activity and improve health (NHMRC Ideas Grant administered by Central Queensland University).
Central Queensland University
Open grant - 2021 - 2027
ACTIVE STRIDES-CP: Randomised trial of Intensive Rehabilitation (Combined Intensive Gait and Cycling Training) for children with moderate to severe bilateral cerebral palsy
NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants
Open grant - 2021 - 2026
School Readiness child outcomes of early neuroprotection/ early neurorehabilitation for infants at high risk of Cerebral Palsy- in the first 2,000 days
NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and First 2000 Days, Early Childhood, and Exercise and Nutrition
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Past funding
- 2023 - 2025
Wearable technology for the measurement of post-operative outcomes in children undergoing Ear Nose and Throat surgery (CHQ SERTA Governance Committee Grant by Griffith University)
Griffith University
Open grant - 2021 - 2024
Framing and Enabling Children's Active Play using Novel Technology (ARC Discovery Project administered by QUT)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2015
Modelling active play in preschool children using machine learning (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Wollongong)
University of Wollongong
Open grant - 2014
Cellular metabolic respirometry and enzymatic assessment suite
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2014
Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour in Early Childhood: A group randomised controlled effectiveness trial (NHMRC Project Grant administered by the University of Wollongong)
University of Wollongong
Open grant - 2014 - 2017
The relationship between muscle quality and functional capacity through the adult lifespan in cerebral palsy
Cerebral Palsy Foundation, USA
Open grant - 2013 - 2015
The Shifting Gears Project: Active Living and Healthy Eating in Queensland Truck Drivers
Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Open grant - 2013
Developing a national collaboration for the prevention and management of childhood obesity with exercise
UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
Open grant - 2003 - 2006
Implementation and evaluation of a lifestyle intervention programme in Indigenous Australian communities
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2003 - 2004
Increasing physical activity in the general practice setting: a randomised trial to test the efficacy of three strategies.
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Open grant - 2003
Physical Activity in Preschool Children
UQ Early Career Researcher
Open grant - 2003 - 2005
Physical activity in the construction of occupation for primary school aged children
ARC Discovery Projects
Open grant - 2002 - 2003
Physical activity in the veteran community - prevalence, barriers, preferences and relationships with health and well-being
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Open grant - 2002 - 2003
Discussion paper for the development of recommendations for children's and youth's participation in health promoting physical activity
Department of Health and Ageing
Open grant - 2002 - 2003
Evaluation of the Chill Out and Black Diamond Programs
Brisbane City Council
Open grant - 2002 - 2003
NHMRC Career Development Award
National Health & Medical Research Council - Career Development Award
Open grant - 2001
Predictive validity of accelerometer prediction equations for energy expenditure during overland walking and running in children and adolescents
UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Open grant - 2001
Effects of moderate physical activity on insulin sensitivity and other components of the insulin resistance syndrome in obese adolescents
Life Fitness
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Stewart Trost is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Helping children to flourish by improving sleep after childhood traumatic brain injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lucy Burr, Dr Lori Delaney, Professor Karen Barlow - Doctor Philosophy
##### Advancing knowledge in the measurement of movement behaviors in children with neurodevelopmental challenges
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Martin O'Flaherty, Dr Jessica Hill, Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall - Doctor Philosophy
##### Interventions to increase physical activity in children and youth with Autism
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michalis Stylianou, Dr Jessica Hill, Professor John Cairney - Doctor Philosophy
##### The SPORTY Project: Sports Priorities and Objectives for Research & Translation for Youth with childhood-onset disability
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Georgina Clutterbuck
Completed supervision
- 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sean Tweedy, Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall - 2006
Doctor Philosophy
##### PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF SINGAPOREAN ADOLESCENTS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown - 2006
Doctor Philosophy
##### PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING PEOPLE WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bruce Abernethy, Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### Promoting Physical Activity for Community-Dwelling Manual Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall, Professor Sean Tweedy - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
##### Promotion of Physical Activity Among Adults with an Acquired Brain Injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sean Tweedy - 2006
Doctor Philosophy
##### INSULIN RESISTANCE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN OBESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown - 2003
Doctor Philosophy
##### PROACTIVE MUMS:PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown
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