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Taru Manyanga

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Associate ProfessorDivision of Medical SciencesUniversity of Northern British Columbia

Taru Manyanga

Associate Professor

Division of Medical Sciences

University of Northern British Columbia

Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

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41 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 HRBC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Health Service Rehabilitation Secondary Prevention Transitions In Care

Latest papers

Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations
Nature · 2026
Association Between Active Outdoor Play and Health Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults: An Umbrella Review.
Journal of physical activity & health · 2026
PLAY+ (Play, Land, Animals, You and +) framework: The role of active outdoor play in advancing One Health
Sustainable Horizons · 2026

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Co-creating a research roadmap for an innovative virtual health delivery model to recruit and retain health workforce in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.
HRBC · 2024 · Co-investigator
Building capacity for a sustainable and equitable healthcare workforce in rural, remote and Indigenous communities by implementing innovative team-based hybrid care.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$578,389
A multisectoral physical activity engagement strategy for youth living in Northern British Columbia
HRBC · 2023 · Principal investigator

All 4 grants and awards

68 publications.

Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Bin Zhou, Nowell H Phelps, Agnese Galeazzi, Olivia N. O’Driscoll, James E. Bennett, Lakshya Jain, Yse D'Ailhaud De Brisis, Ana Barradas‐Pires, Fulvio Deo, Gretchen A. Stevens, Vasilis Kontis, Christopher J. Paciorek, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Anu Mishra, 范晔峰, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez, Vishwa Nath, Archie W. Rayner, Annalise Zouein, Natalie R. Evans, Jennifer L. Baker, Günther Fink, Maroje Sorić, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Pascal Bovet, Goodarz Danaei, Kairat Davletov, Shubash Ganapathy, et al. (1883 authors)

Nature202618 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10383-0 PMID: 42129527

Association Between Active Outdoor Play and Health Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults: An Umbrella Review.

de Lannoy L, James ME, Badruddin Z, Thankarajah A, Bakalár P, Barnett LM, Bentsen P, Brazo-Sayavera J, Carson V, Down MJA, Duncan S, Fahey R, Harper NJ, Johnstone A, Lang JJ, Larouche R, Lee EY, Lopes O, Manyanga T, McCurdy AP, McGarty AM, Mygind L, Prince SA, Prioreschi A, Ryu S, Sikora L, Tucker P, Vanderloo LM, Wachira LJ, Tremblay MS

Journal of physical activity & health20266 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0391 PMID: 41468218

PLAY+ (Play, Land, Animals, You and +) framework: The role of active outdoor play in advancing One Health

Lee E-Y, Kim Y-B, Cheng J, Carbone M, Abu-Omar K, Bisung E, Ding D, Hallal PC, Jeon JY, Kangmennaang J

Sustainable Horizons20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.horiz.2025.100172

Perceptions of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among rural adults: awareness, knowledge, and recommendations.

Aird C, Manyanga T, Banner D, Pelletier C

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0371 PMID: 42341342

Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis on social capital and active outdoor play: Relationships and impacts

Eun-Young Lee, Seiyeong Park, Alethea Jerebine, Michael Down, Uk Kim, Joy Cheng, Sangeetha Saravanan, Leanne Abungin, Yeong-Bae Kim, Louise de Lannoy, Taru Manyanga, Amanda Ross‐White, Leigh M. Vanderoo, Kyoung June Yi, Mark S. Tremblay

Wellbeing Space and Society2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.wss.2026.100410

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Scoping Review of Patient and Provider Knowledge

Lauren Irving, Taru Manyanga, Elizabeth Enes, Rubee Dev, Christine Brenckmann, Davina Banner

Canadian Nurse Practitioner Journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.28984/cnpj.v6i2.532

Fundamental movement skills among children participating in community sport programs in a northern Canadian city: implications for equitable access and physical literacy development

Taru Manyanga, Nicole White, Gemma Marchant, Jihanne Dumo, Guy Faulkner, Patti-Jean Naylor, Chelsea Pelletier

BMC Public Health2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-29440-4

Trust as research infrastructure: realigning research funding with the realities of rural and Indigenous health research

Anurag Singh, Lauren Currie, Carolyn Canfield, Pedro Tavares Queiroz Almeida, Erin Barker, Sonya Cressman, Charles Helm, Linda Helm, Kendall Ho, Patricia Howard, Taru Manyanga, Sean Maurice, Nelly D. Oelke, John Pawlovich, Kathy L. Rush, David Snadden, Paul Winwood, Femke Hoekstra

Research Square2026Open Access

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10856643/v1

Diagnostic and Prognostic Accuracy of Cardiorespiratory Fitness for Detecting Cardiovascular Risk and Mitochondrial Disorders: An Overview of Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analyses.

Fraser BJ, Gower B, Stanesby O, Magnussen CG, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Chaput JP, Manyanga T, McGrath R, Merucci K, Myers J, Ortega FB, Singh B, Prince SA, Lang JJ, Tomkinson GR

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40279-026-02503-7 PMID: 42552509

Author Correction: Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Bin Zhou, Nowell H Phelps, Agnese Galeazzi, Olivia N. O’Driscoll, James E. Bennett, Lakshya Jain, Yse D'Ailhaud De Brisis, Ana Barradas‐Pires, Fulvio Deo, Gretchen A. Stevens, Vasilis Kontis, Christopher J. Paciorek, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Anu Mishra, 范晔峰, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez, Vishwa Nath, Archie W. Rayner, Annalise Zouein, Natalie R. Evans, Jennifer L. Baker, Günther Fink, Maroje Sorić, Carlos Alberto Aguilar-Salinas, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Pascal Bovet, Goodarz Danaei, Kairat Davletov, Shubash Ganapathy, et al. (1883 authors)

Nature2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-11135-w PMID: 42749815

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Taru Manyanga

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Association Between Active Outdoor Play and Health Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults: An Umbrella Review.

PLAY+ (Play, Land, Animals, You and +) framework: The role of active outdoor play in advancing One Health

Perceptions of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among rural adults: awareness, knowledge, and recommendations.

Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis on social capital and active outdoor play: Relationships and impacts

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Scoping Review of Patient and Provider Knowledge

Fundamental movement skills among children participating in community sport programs in a northern Canadian city: implications for equitable access and physical literacy development

Trust as research infrastructure: realigning research funding with the realities of rural and Indigenous health research

Diagnostic and Prognostic Accuracy of Cardiorespiratory Fitness for Detecting Cardiovascular Risk and Mitochondrial Disorders: An Overview of Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analyses.

Author Correction: Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Co-creating a research roadmap for an innovative virtual health delivery model to recruit and retain health workforce in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Building capacity for a sustainable and equitable healthcare workforce in rural, remote and Indigenous communities by implementing innovative team-based hybrid care.

A multisectoral physical activity engagement strategy for youth living in Northern British Columbia

Development and validation of the Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ): A multi-country study across six continents

Frequent collaborators

Mark Tremblay

Eun-Young Lee

Jean-Philippe Chaput

Richard Larouche

Valerie Carson

Leigh Vanderloo

Jasmin Bhawra

Michel Joffres

Suzanne Morin

Zulfiqar Bhutta

Chelsea Pelletier

Catherine Draper

Jim Mann

Malcolm Doupe

Brandy Wicklow

Tarun Katapally

Kristi Adamo

David Yi

Randall Fransoo

Gary Goldfield