Email sarah.tan@nus.edu.sg

Sarah is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and part of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Determinants in Asia (PANDA) team. Her research interests are diverse and evolving, but broadly encompass investigations in the following areas:

• Social and cognitive determinants of health behaviours across the lifespan
• Augmented digital intervention strategies aimed at optimising human potential and outcomes

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Health behaviours
• Wearable technology
• Digital interventions
• Health promotion and communication
• Prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases

• PhD (Epidemiology), National University of Singapore
• BSc Hons (Food and Human Nutrition), Singapore Institute of Technology-Newcastle University

• Tan, S.Y.X., Padmapriya, N., Bernard, J.Y., Toh, J.Y., Wee, H.L., Tan, K.H., Yap, F.K.P., Lee, Y.S., Chong, Y.S., Godfrey, K. and Eriksson, J.G., 2023. Cross-sectional and prospective associations between children’s 24-h time use and their health-related quality of life: a compositional isotemporal substitution approach. The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 41.
• Tan, S.Y.X., Chia, A., Tai, B.C., Natarajan, P., Goh, C.M.J.L., Shek, L.P., Saw, S.M., Chong, M.F.F. and Müller-Riemenschneider, F., 2022. A Web-Based, Time-Use App To Assess Children’s Movement Behaviors: Validation Study of My E-Diary for Activities and Lifestyle (MEDAL). JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 5(2), p.e33312.
• Tan, S.Y.X., Chia, A., Sugianto, R., Tong, H.E., Ang, I.Y.H., Shek, L.P.C., Saw, S.M., Müller-Riemenschneider, F. and Chong, M.F.F., 2021. Validation of a Web-Based, Time-Use Application to Assess Children’s School Meal Intakes: My E-Diary for Activities and Lifestyle (MEDAL). Nutrients, 13(11), p.3790.
• Chia, A., Chew, M.N.J.S., Tan, S.Y.X., Chan, M.J., T Colega, M., Toh, J.Y., Natarajan, P., Lança, C., Shek, L.P., Saw, S.M. and Müller-Riemenschneider, F., 2021. A web-based time-use application to assess diet and movement behavior in asian schoolchildren: Development and usability study of my e-diary for activities and lifestyle (MEDAL). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6), p.e25794.