Professor

Stephen H. Wong is Professor in the Department of Sports Science & Physical Education and Head of United College at CUHK. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Asian Representative of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) Board and the Co-leader of the Active Healthy Kids Hong Kong Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. He also serves as President of The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (CSEPF) and Editor-in-Chief of its official publication, the Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness. His research focuses on nutritional and metabolic aspects of exercise, as well as physical activity and sedentary behaviour on children. Professor Wong earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University as a Commonwealth Scholar.

• Nutritional and metabolic aspects of exercise
• Physical activity and sedentary behaviour

1. Dai, Z., Miyashita, M., Poon, E. T., Tian, X. Y., Yu, A. P., Sit, C. H., & Wong, S. H.  (2025). Flexible time-restricted eating combined with exercise in a free-living setting for middle-aged women with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Communications, 16(1), 10659. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65678-z
2. Dai, Z. H., Wan, K. W., Wong, P. S., Huang, W. Y., Yu, A. P., & Wong, S. H. (2025). Additional Effect of Exercise to Intermittent Fasting on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Health in Adults With Overweight/obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Current Obesity Reports, 14(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-025-00645-9
3. Zheng, C., Huang, W. Y., Sun, F. H., Wong, M. C., Siu, P. M., Chen, X. K., & Wong, S. H. (2025). Association of Sedentary Lifestyle with Risk of Acute and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: A Retrospective Cohort Study. The American Journal of Medicine, 138(2), 298–307.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.002
4. Huang, W. Y., Zhang, D., Tremblay, M. S., Wong, M. C. S., Sit, C. H. P., Wong, S. W. S., Chan, D. K. C., Wong, S. H. S., & Collaborative Author Group (2025). Developing International Consensus on Key Indicators for a 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Report Card in Early Childhood: A Twin-Panel Delphi Study. Sports Medicine – Open, 11(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00905-x
5. Zhang, J., Poon, E. T. C., & Wong, S. H. (2024). Efficacy of oral nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation on glucose and lipid metabolism for adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis on randomized controlled trials. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2024.2387324
6. Dai, Z., Wan, K., Miyashita, M., Ho, R. S. T., Zheng, C., Poon, E. T. C., & Wong, S. H. (2024). The effect of time-restricted eating combined with exercise on body composition and metabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Advances in Nutrition, 100262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advnut.2024.100262
7. Poon, E. T. C., Wongpipit, W., Li, Wong, S. H., Siu, P. M., Kong, A. P. S., & Johnson, N. A. (2024). High-intensity interval training for cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(21), 1267–1284. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108481
8. Zheng, C., Gill, J. M., Sun, F. H., Huang, W. Y., Sheridan, S., Chen, X. K., … & Wong, S. H. (2023). Effects of increasing light versus moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on cardiometabolic health in Chinese adults with obesity. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1547-1557. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2282278
9. Huang, W. Y., Wong, S. H., Sit, C. H., Wong, M. C., Wong, S. W., & Ho, R. S. (2023). Results from the Hong Kong’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 21(1), 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2022.10.010
10. Zheng, C., Poon, E. T., Wan, K., Dai, Z., & Wong, S. H. (2023). Effects of wearing a mask during exercise on physiological and psychological outcomes in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine, 53(1), 125–150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01746-4

• “Wearing face masks during exercise in the heat: Does intensity and physical activity level matter?”, 2022-2024 (RGC General Research Fund)
• “Promoting physical activity among primary school children and their families in Hong Kong: A community-based healthy lifestyle program (“F.I.T. Family”)”, 2021-2024 (RGC Research Impact Fund)
• “Hong Kong Sport History Project”, 2022-2024 (Hong Kong Chronicles Institute)

• Research Colloquia
• Exercise physiology and sport nutrition

• Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong 2024 

• Best Report Card Promoter, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance 2018 

• Best Report Card 2018 Runner up. Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance 2018 (as Co-leader of Hong Kong Report Card) 

• VC Outstanding Fellow of Faculty of Education (2014-2019) 

• Adjunct Professor, Peking Union Medical College (2018 – present) 

• Research Excellence Award, CUHK, 2010 

• President, The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (SCSEPF)
• Asia representative, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) Board of Directors
• Supervisor, Christian Alliance S.C. Chan Memorial College
• Member, Education Panel, 2026, 2020, 2014 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), University Grants Council, Hong Kong
• Chairman, 2026, 2022, 2018 Assessment Panel on Physical Education Key Learning Area, the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE), Education Bureau
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness (JESF)
• Member, Editorial Board/Advisory Board
  • International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Journal of Sport Sciences
• Co-Chair, Organising Committee, 2018 Annual Meeting of International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Hong Kong, June 3 – 6, 2018