劉永松

職位Professor
辦公室AAB 1130, Academic and Administration Building, Baptist University Road Campus
電話號碼3411 5634 (office)
傳真號碼3411 5757 (office)
電郵地址wclau@hkbu.edu.hk
PhD, Department of Exercise & Public Health, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Master of Physical Education, Springfield College, USA
Bachelor of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research FocusExercise & overweight children’s behavioral modification
Olympic Studies

Brief SummaryProfessor Patrick WC Lau is the Professor in the Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, and was the Director of Centre for Olympic Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. His research area covers the childhood obesity, exercise science and public health, and Olympism. Since 1998, Prof. Lau has published more than 210 research articles and conference papers in international referred journals and publishers in USA, UK, Europe, Australia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Prof. Lau is the Accredited Sport Psychologist of British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) since 2005, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing since 2012, and the Fellow of the European College of Sport Science (FECSS) since 2019. He serves as external examiner/advisor for Hong Kong universities, and has been appointed as advisor or consultant for 18 governmental and commercial organizations in Hong Kong and overseas. Since 2002, he has been invited as the journal reviewer for different international referred journals. He is also the host of radio (RTHK) and TV sports program related to Olympic Games and sport sociology.

TeachingSport History
Sport Philosophy
Sport Sociology
Sport Marketing
Recreation Management
Obesity

Honours/Awards/Professional QualificationsFellow of the European College of Sport Science (FECSS)
Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work, HKBU (2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019)
Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Contribution to Service, HKBU (2013, 2017)
Outstanding Paper Award, Asian Society of Physical Education of Young Children (2016)
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University, China (2012-present)
Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching, HKBU (2014)
Accredited Sport Psychologist (Research), British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, United Kingdom (2005-2010)
ISCPES Research Award, 16th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Comparative Physical education and Sport (ISCPES) (2008)
The 1st Class Honor Award,The 7th Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (2008)
Jump Rope for Heart Project Award, Hong Kong College of Cardiology (2007)

Recent Publications (Since 2012)Peer-reviewed Publications
Song, H., Lau, Patrick W. C. & Wang, J. J. Investigation of the motor skills assessments of typically developing preschoolchildren in China. BMC Pediatrics. In press.
Ma, N., Dang, J., Liu, Y., Zhong, P., Yan, X., Zhang, J., Dong, Song, Y., Ma, J. & Lau, Patrick W.C. Percentile curves for multiple physical fitness components among Chinese Han children and adolescents aged 7–18 years from a national survey based on the total and the normal weight population. Frontiers in Nutrition. In press.
Ma, J., Dong, Y. H. , Chen, M., Song, Y. & Lau, Patrick W.C. Geographical variation in physical fitness among Chinese children and adolescents from 2005 to 2014. Frontiers in Public Health. In press.
Feng, J., Huang,Wendy Y., Lau, Patrick W.C., Wong, Stephen H. S. & Sit, Cindy H. P. (2021). Movement behaviors and mental health of caregivers of preschoolers in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106913.
Lau, Patrick W.C., Ma F. K., Ransdell, L., Wu, W. & Wang, J. J. (2021). An investigation into opening school sport facilities for community use in Hong Kong. International Leisure Review, 10(1), 5-25.
Chen, L., Lu, R. R., Duan, J. L., Ma, J., Zhu, G., Song, Y., Lau, P. W. C. & Prochaska, J. J. Individual and Combined Associations of Smoking and Bullying Victimization with Binge Drinking among Adolescents in Beijing, China. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.698562.
Dong, Y. H., Wen, B., Yang, Y., Wang, Z., Ma, Y., Song, Y., Ma, J. & Lau, Patrick W.C. (2021). Individual, family and school-level ecological correlates with physical fitness among Chinese school-aged children and adolescents: a national cross-sectional survey in 2014. Frontiers in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.684286.
Han, G., Zhang, J., Ma, S., Lu, R., Duan, J., Song, Y., & Lau, Patrick W.C. (2021). Prevalence of internet addiction and its relationships with combinations of physical activity and screen-based sedentary behavior among adolescents in Beijing, China. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0512.
Kong, P. W., Pan, J. W., Chu, D. P. K., Cheung, P. M. & Lau, Patrick W.C. (2021). Acquiring Expertise in Precision Sport – What Can We Learn from an Elite Snooker Player? Physical Activity and Health. http://doi.org/10.5334/paah.111
Wu, W., Lau, Patrick W.C., & Zheng, J. (2021). A Historical Review of Elite Sport Development in Hong Kong, Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture. DOI:10.1080/09523367.2020.1826442.
Lau, Patrick W.C., Ransdell, L., Wang, G. & Wang, J. J. Perceptions of the Potential Contribution of Active Video Games to School Physical Education in Hong Kong Children and Adolescents. (2021). International Journal of Physical Education. 58(1), 26-41.
Liang, Y., Lau, Patrick W.C., Jiang, Y. & Maddison, R. (2020). Getting Active with Active Video Games: A Quasi-Experimental Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17217984
Lei, Y. T., Luo, D., Hu, P., Dong, B., Zou, Z., Song, Y., Ma., J., & Lau, P.C. (2020). The mean age of menarche among Chinese schoolgirls declined by six months* from 2005 to 2014. Acta Paediatric. doi.org/10.1111/apa.15441
Lau, Patrick W.C. , Wang, J. & Wang G. (2020). Effectiveness of active video games usage on body composition, physical activity level and motor proficiency in children with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. DOI: 10.1111/jar.12774
Wang, J., Hu, P., Dai, J., Luo, D., Dong, B., Ma, Y., Song, Y., Ma, J. & Lau, P.W.C. (2020). Reducing anemia among school-aged children in China by eliminating the geographic disparity and ameliorating stunting: evidence from a national survey, Frontier in Pediatrics. DOI:10.3389/fped.2020.00193
Dong, Y. H., Lau, P. W. C., Dong, B., Zou, Z. Y., Yang, Y, Wen, B., Ma, Y. H., Hu, P. J., Song, Y., Ma, J., Sawyer, S. M., & Patton, G. C. (2019). Trends in physical fitness, growth and nutritional status of Chinese children and adolescents: an analysis of 1.5 million students from six successive national surveys between 1985 and 2014, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. DOI:10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30302-5.
Dong, Y. H., Zou, Z. Y., Hu, P. J., Dong, B., Wang, Z. H., Yang, Z. G., Wen, B., Ma, Y. H., Song, Y., Ma, J.,Lau, P. W. C.(2019). Secular Trends of Ascariasis Infestation and Nutritional Status in Chinese Children From 2000 to 2014: Evidence From 4 Successive National Surveys. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofz193.
Lau, P. W.C., Pitkethly, A. J., Leung, B. W. C., Lau, E. Y. & Wang, J. J. (2019). The intervention effect of SMS delivery on Chinese adolescent’s physical activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. DOI:10.3390/ijerph16050787.
Zheng, J., Lau, W. C., Chen, S., Dickson, G., De Bosscher, V., & Peng, Q. (2018). Interorganisationalconflict between national and provincial sport organisations within China’s elite sport system. SportManagement Review, 1-15. DOI:10.1016/j.smr.2018.10.002.
Wang JJ, Wang M*, Lau PWC *, Ainsworth BE, He G, Gao Y. Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between perceived environments and body mass index in Chinese adolescents. Health & Place. 2018, 54: 37-42.
Lau, Patrick W. C., Leung, Beeto W. C., Pitkethly, A. J. &. Ransdell, (2018). Do Physical Education Teachers and General Teachers Differ in Their Implicit Anti-fat Bias towards Overweight Chinese Students? International Journal of Physical Education, 55(1), 27-37.
Pitkethly, A. J., Lau, W. C. & Maddison, R. (2018). Investigating the association of self-regulated learning skills and physical activity in Hong Kong Chinese and Scottish adolescents. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2018.1444077
Zheng, J., Chen, S., Tan, TC & Lau, P.W.C. (2017). Sport policy in China (Mainland). International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2017.1413585
Wang JJ, Gao Y. & Lau PW*. (2017). Prevalence of overweight in Hong Kong Chinese children: its associations with family, early-life development and behavior-related factors. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 15(2), 89-95.
Wang JJ, Chen, TA, Baranowski T., & Lau PW*. (2017). Item response modeling: a psychometric assessment of the children's fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity self-efficacy scales among Chinese children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:126. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0584-x 14:126. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0584-x.
Wang JJ, Baranowski T, Lau PW*, Buday R., & Gao Y. (2017). Story Immersion may be effective in promoting diet and physical activity in Chinese children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 49(4):321-329.
Kim, C. G. Lau, P. W. C., & Lee, J. S. (2017). Influence of post-exercise muscle cooling on oxidative stress, antioxidants, and lactic levels. Gazzetta Medica Italiana - Archivio per le Scienze Mediche, 176(3):85-91.
Lau, Patrick W.C. , Lau, Erica Y., Wang, J., Choi, C. R., & Kim, C. G. (2017). A pilot study of the attractive features of active video games among Chinese primary school children. Games for Health Journal, 6(2), 87-96.
Yang Yide, Lau Patrick W. C., Wang Jingjing, Dong Bin, Wu Lijing, Quach Binh, Wong Del P., Fu Lianguo, Ma Jun, Wang Haijun. (2016). Associations among cardiorespiratory endurance, body mass index and blood pressure in Han Chinese Children: Results from the 2010 Chinese National Survey on Students’ Constitution and Health. Hypertension Research, 39, 799-804 (Nov.), doi:10.1038/hr.2016.63.
Lau, Patrick W.C. , Wang, J. J. & Maddison, R. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of school-based active video game intervention on Chinese children's aerobic fitness, physical activity level and psychological correlates. Games for Health Journal, 5(6), 405-412.
Wang J.J., Baranowski, T., Patrick.W.C.*, Chen, T.A.,Zhang, S.G. (2016). Psychological Correlates of Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Chinese Children—Psychological Correlates of PA. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 13(10), 1006; doi: 10.3390/ijerph13101006
Wang J.J., Baranowski, T., Patrick.W.C. *, Chen T. A., & Pitkethly, A. J. Validation of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) among Chinese Children. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2016;29(3):177-186.
Song Y, Ma , Wang, H. J., Wang, Z. Q., Lau PWC, Agardh, A. (2016). Age at spemarche: 15-year trends and association with Body Mass Index in Chinese school-aged boys. Pediatric Obesity, 11(5):369-374.
Song Y, Ma J, Agardh, A., Lau PWC, Hu P, Zhang B. Secular trends of age at menarche among Chinese girls from 24 ethnic minorities, 1985 to 2010. (2015). Global Health Action, 8: 26929 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.26929.
Wang, J.J., Patrick.W.C.,Wang, H. J., & Ma, J. (2015). Evaluation of a comprehensive intervention with a behavioural modification strategy for childhood obesity prevention: a nonrandomized cluster controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1206. DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-2535-2.
Lau, Patrick W.C. , Ho, Glos, & Leung, Beeto W. C. (2015). Exercise Identity, national Identity, and the perception of humanistic Olympics in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. East Asian Sport Thoughts: The International Journal for the Sociology of Sport, Volume 4, 97-114.
Wang, J. J., Baranowski,, Lau, Patrick W.C *, Pitkethly, A. J. & Buday, R.. (2015). Acceptability and applicability of an American health videogame with story for childhood obesity prevention among Hong Kong Chinese children. Games for Health Journal, 4(6): 513-519. DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2015.0029.
Lau, Patrick W.C. , Liang, Y., Lau, Erica. , Choi, C. R., Kim, G. C. & Shin M. S. (2015). Evaluating physical and perceptual responses to Exergames in Chinese children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(4), 4018-4030; doi:10.3390/ijerph120404018.
Gao, Y., Wang, J. J., Lau, Patrick W. C. *& Ransdell, (2015). Pedometer-determined physical activity patterns in a segmented school day in Hong Kong primary school children. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 13(1): 42-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesf.2015.03.002.
Pitkethly, A. & Lau, P. (2015). Reliability and validity of the short Hong Kong Chinese self-regulation of learning self-report scale (SRL-SRS-C). International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2015.1025810
Lau, Erica , Lau, Patrick W. C., Archer, E. & Cai, B. (2015). The effects of text message content on the use of an Internet-based physical activity intervention in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 20(9): 1041-1051. DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018580.
Liang, Y. & Lau Patrick WC *, Huang, Y. J., Maddison. R. & Baranowski, T. (2014). Validity and reliability of questionnaires measuring physical activity, self-efficacy, enjoyment, social support among Hong Kong Chinese children. Preventive Medicine Reports, 1, 48-52.
Lau, Patrick W. C., Wong, D., Ngo, J. K., Liang, Y., Kim, G. C. & Kim, H. S. (2014). Effects of high-intensity intermittent running exercise in overweight children. European Journal of Sport Science, 15 (2): 182-190. WangDOI:10.1080/17461391.2014.933880.
Liang, Y. & Lau Patrick WC *. (2014). Effects of Active Video Games on Physical Activity and Related Outcomes among healthy children: A systematic review. Games for Health Journal, 3(3), 122-144.
Fu, L. G., Wang, J., Li, X. H., Wang, Z. Q., Lau, P. W. C., Yang, Y. D., Meng, X. K. & Ma, J. (2014). An objective measure to evaluate actual body shape among children and adolescents in China. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 27:1-13.
Gao Y, Chan EYY, Li LP, Lau PWC, Wong TW. Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory morbidities among Chinese children: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health, 2014, 14: 105. (doi: 10.1186/10.1186/ 1471-2458-14-105; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/105)
Song Y, Wang HJ, Ma J, Lau PW, Hu P, Zhang B,et al. BMI-for-age Z-score distribution shifts among Chinese children: Gender disparity. Obesity, 2014; 22(4): 1187-1193.

Research Grants (Since 2012)External Grants
Song, Y., Ma, J., Stafford, R.S. & Lau, P.W.C. (2021). Battling China’s Childhood Myopia Epidemic: A pragmatic prevention strategy using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Funding body: China Medical Board
Funding amount: HK$624,000 (US$80,000). Funding account number: #21-434
Wang J. J. & Lau, W. C. (2019).Influences of objective and subjective built environments on physical activity and health-related fitness in migrant children in Beijing (客观与主观建成环境对北京市流动儿童身体活动与体质健康的影响研究).Funding Body: Fundamental Research Funds for the China Institute of Sport Science (国家科技部公益类科研院所专项基金). Funding Amount: RMB$320,000
宋逸, 刘永松, 余小鸣, 冯强. (2019). “健康中国2030”视域下学生体力活动指南开发——基于大数据分析和定性研究, Funding Body: Ministry of Education, China. Funding Amount: RMB$100,000
宋逸, 刘永松, 余小鸣, 冯强. (2019).“健康中国2030”视域下学生体力活动指南开发——基于大数据分析和定性研究" .Funding Body: Ministry of Education, China. Funding Amount: RMB$100,000
Lau , W. C., Zheng, J. M., De Bosscher, V. & Houlihan, B. (2019).How Can the United Kingdom’s Elite Sport Success Inspire Elite Sport Policy in Hong Kong: The Cases of Cycling, Swimming and Taekwondo.Funding Body: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme. Funding Amount: HK$601,432
Wang J, Wang M, Zhang Y, Gan Y, Lau PWC, Gao Y.Associations among social media use, exercise, sedentary behavior, and mental health in college students.Funding body: Fundamental Research Funds for the China Institute of Sport Science (grant no. 18-42). 2018.03-2019.12. Funding Amount: RMB 140,000.
Lau, W. C. (2016-17).Intervention study of Active Video Games on intellectual disabled children’s physical activity level, motor ability and physical fitness. Funding Body: General Research Fund Funding Amount: HK$490,200
Lau, W. C., & Maddison, R. (2013-14).Intervention study of Active Video Games on sedentary children’s aerobic fitness, physical activity level and exercise-related self-efficacy.Funding Body: General Research Fund Funding Amount: HK$303,520
Internal Grants
Lau , W. C. (2018).A Review and Evaluation of Elite Sport Policy in Hong Kong.Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU. Funding Amount: HK$49,520
Lau , W. C., Huang, Wendy, Y. J., Maddison, R. & Wang, H. J. (2015-16).Development of the Instruments to Assess Environmental Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Hong Kong University Students by Crowdsourcing Method in Mobile Technology. Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$149,860
Lau , W. C. (2015-16).Investigation of the effectiveness and successful features of Facebook in youth PA intervention. Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$50,000
Lau, Patrick, W. C. (2014-15).Feasibility investigation of the establishment of the Area of Excellence (AoE) in Olympic Research and Education. Funding Body: SOSC Faculty GRF Incentive Award Scheme, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$30,000
Lau , W. C. (2013-14).An extended baseline survey of a 6-year cohort to study development of childhood obesity and its correlates among primary school students aged 6-11 years in Hong Kong.Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$50,000
Lau , W. C. (2013-14).Investigation of Active Video Games on Sedentary Children's Physical Activity Level and Exercise Related Self-efficacy. Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$50,000
Lau , W. C. (2013).An intervention study of self-regulation training and mobile-phone on the physical fitness & physical activity behavioral changes in Chinese overweight school children. Funding Body: Faculty Research Grant, HKBU Funding Amount: HK$100,000

Professional Memberships (Ongoing)International Society of Behavioral, Nutrition, and Physical Activity
The European College of Sport Science
World Leisure Organization
Hong Kong Recreation Management Association

Community/Professional Services (Ongoing)Editorial Board
Associate Editor (8-2019-present), BMC Public Health
Review editor, Editorial Board (5-2019-present) in Frontiers in Pediatrics
Review editor, Editorial Board (5-2019-present) in Frontiers in Public Health
Editorial board member (1-2019-present), Scientific Reports
Editorial board member (1-2019-present), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA)
Journal editor (2014-present), Games for Health Journal, USA
Co-editor (1-2017 to 31 Dec. 2018), East Asian Sport Thought: The International Journal for the Sociology of Sport
Exteranl Academic Committee & External Exmainer
Review panel member of Higher Diploma Programmes, Lingnan Institute of Further Education (2018-19)
Academic committee chairman (2018-present,), International Association of Sport and Play for Young Children (IASAPYC), USA.
Member of the Stakeholder Group of 2017 Hong Kong Report Card
Member of the Stakeholder Group of 2018 Hong Kong Report Card+
External examiner (2012-2020), Faculty of Management and Hospitality, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THE-I), Hong Kong
Vice Chairman (2006-present), Hong Kong Recreation Management Association, Hong Kong
Journal reviewer
Journal reviewer, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Journal reviewer, Asian Journal of Physical Education & Recreation (Hong Kong)
Journal reviewer, BMC Public Health
Journal reviewer, Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics
Journal reviewer, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, USA
Journal reviewer, Education Research Journal, Hong Kong Educational Research Association
Journal reviewer, European Journal of Cancer Care
Journal reviewer, Health Promotion International
Journal reviewer, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, USA
Journal reviewer, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal reviewer, International Journal of Obesity
Journal reviewer, International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Journal reviewer, International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Journal reviewer, Journal of Adolescent Health, USA
Journal reviewer, Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness
Journal reviewer, Journal of Global Health
Journal reviewer, Journal of Happiness Studies, Australia
Journal reviewer, Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal reviewer, Journal of Sport and Health Science
Journal reviewer, Pediatric Obesity, Australia
Journal reviewer, Public Health Nursing, USA
Journal reviewer, Public Health Nutrition
Journal reviewer, Sport in Society, UK
Journal reviewer, The International Journal of the History of Sport, UK
Journal reviewer, The Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness
Journal reviewer, The Journal of Pediatrics
Journal reviewer, World Leisure Journal