Adj Asst Prof Benny Loo Kai Guo

Dr Benny Loo is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician working in Sport and Exercise Medicine Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), Singapore.

He graduated with MBBS in 2007 from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and completed his SingHealth Paediatric Medicine Residency Programme in 2017. 

In 2020, he joined the Sport and Exercise Medicine Service in KKH and serve as Deputy Site Chief for KKH in the SingHealth Duke-NUS Disease Centre (Sport & Exercise Medicine).

He completed his Master of Sports Medicine with University of Queensland and fellowship training at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, under the MOH Human Manpower Development Plan (HMDP), in 2022.

Being a passionate educator, he holds the appointments of Clinical Assistant Professor with Duke-NUS Medical School, and Adjunct Assistant Professor with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

Dr Benny is also an IPRAMHO Investigator, and he chaired the Workgroups on the development of the Singapore Integrated 24-Hour Activity Guidelines for Children and Adolescents (7 to 18 years), and for Early Childhood (0 to 6 years).

He is also a member of the expert advisory committee for the Singapore Physical Activity Guidelines 2022.

• MBBS National University of Singapore 2007
• MMed Paediatric Medicine (Singapore) 2014
• MRCPCH (United Kingdom) 2014
• Diploma in Football Medicine (FIFA) 2022
• MSpMed (Australia) 2022

• Deputy Site Chief, Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Service@KKH, SingHealth Duke-NUS SEM Centre 2021 – present
• Advisory Board Member, Exercise Is Medicine, Singapore 2023 – present
• Honorary Secretary, Singapore Medical Association 2023 – 2026
• Vice-Chairperson, Sport Safety Concussion Workgroup, SportSG 2024-2025
• Advisory Committee, Singapore National Physical Activity & Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines Workgroup, Health Promotion Board–SportSG 2021 – 2022

• Singapore Health Quality Service Silver Award, SingHealth, 2026
• Healthcare Humanity Award (Collaboration), MOHH, 2025
• Health Population Research Award, Academy of Medicine, 2025
• SingHealth Publish! Award, SingHealth, 2022
• Best Oral Poster Award (Asia Pacific Maternal and Children Metabolic Health Conference), 2021
• Special Recognition Award (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine), 2020
• Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine), 2019
• Singapore Health Quality Service Silver Award (SingHealth), 2019
• Service from the Heart Award (KK Women's and Children's Hospital), 2017

• Cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents
• Physical activity in children and adolescents
• Sports injury and prevention in children and adolescents
• Enhancing sports performance in children and adolescents
• Telemedicine and health technology in children and adolescents

• Nurturing Clinician Researcher Scheme (Duke-NUS), Evaluating the effectiveness of telemedicine-based exercise programme in improving cardiorespiratory fitness in Asian paediatric population: a randomised controlled trial, 2024
• Research Training Fellowship (National Medical Research Council), Clinical Characterisation of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and/or muscle and bone strength on performance of physical and mental health, and/or prevention and control of medical diseases, 2024
• Seed Funding Programme Grant Award (Integrated Platform for Research in Advancing Metabolic Health Outcomes in Women and Children in Asia), Developing Singapore Paediatric Activity-Related Evaluation (SPARE) screening tool, 2021

• Chian DM, Goh SS, Zhang SL, Kong KY, Tan OK, Loo BK, Chang PP. @KKBearBot - Improving the Work Experience of New Paediatric Doctors Through an Interactive Chatbot. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 2025; 4(2): 11 – 20
• Chen H, Loo BK, Tan DH, Chow CC, Lee JE. Design for learning through inquiry to enhance clinical reasoning among new nursing graduates at a tertiary referral centre in Singapore. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 2025 May 26;15(7):1-0.
• Chan D, Lin J, Zheng RT, Ong C, Ku CW, Loo BK, Chan JK, Chua MC, Yap F, Loy SL. Development and psychometric validation of a clinical instrument for infant feeding and lifestyle evaluation. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2025.
• Loo BK, Toh SH, Fadzully F, Zainuddin MA, Bakar MA, Gao JS, Teo JC, Lim EJ, Tan BW, Chia MY, Chua TB. An Online Resource for Monitoring 24-Hour Activity in Children and Adolescents: Observational Analysis. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 2024 Nov 18;7(1):e59283.
• Leong K, Tohid MM, Liew BX, Toh SH, Zainuddin MA, Fadzully F, Feng BG, Bakar MA, Loo BK. Evaluation of Exercise Program for Overweight and Obese Pediatric Participants in a Single Tertiary Center in Singapore. Pediatric Exercise Science. 2024 Oct 15;1(aop):1-9.
• Tan SY, Chia A, Tai BC, Toh JY, Colega M, Padmapriya N, Setoh P, Kee MZ, Yuan WL, Lee YS, Loo BK et al. Correlates of lifestyle patterns among children in Singapore aged 10 years: the growing up in Singapore towards healthy outcomes (GUSTO) study. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 7;24(1):2147.
• Quah PL, Loo BK, Chia MY, Chua TB, Tan TS, Chan PC, Tan KH. Adherence to 24-hour integrated activity guidelines among infants, toddlers and preschool children in Singapore. Plos one. 2024 Feb 26;19(2):e0298968.
• Loh GY, Chua TB, Tan KH, Loo BK, Quah PL, Chia MY. Adherence to the Singapore Integrated 24-Hour Activity Guidelines by Infants and Toddlers and Its Association With Well-Being. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2023 Dec 7;1(aop):1-0.
• Quah PL, Loo BK, Mettananda S, Dassanayake S, Chia MY, Chua TB, Tan TS, Chan PC, But BW, Fu AC, Wong SM. 24 h Activity Guidelines in Children and Adolescents: A Prevalence Survey in Asia-Pacific Cities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Jul 19;20(14):6403.
• Loo BK, Fyffe A, Lam LT, Browne G. The Effect of Impact Seizure on the Recovery of Children and Adolescents With Concussion: A Matched Case–Control Study. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2022 Mar 17:10-97.
• Aw NJ, Chua TB, Tan KH, Loo BK, Quah PL, Chia M. Adherence to Singapore 24-hour integrated activity guidelines and quality of life among Singaporean children and adolescents in the COVID-19 pandemic. ACPES Journa of Physical Education, Sport, and Health. 2022.
• Loo BK, Okely AD, Pulungan A, Jalaludin MY. Asia-Pacific Consensus Statement on integrated 24-hour activity guidelines for children and adolescents. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021 Nov 7.
• Quah PL, Loo BK, Razali NS, Teo CC, Tan KH. Parental perception and guideline awareness of children's lifestyle behaviours at ages 5 to 14 in Singapore. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2021 Sep 1;50(9):695-702.
• Lau TC, Chong YS, Loo BK, Ganapathy S, Ho JM, Lee SS, Yeo J, Samarasekera DD, Goh DL. Adapting undergraduate paediatric medical education to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: perspective of NUS Medicine. GUEST EDITORS. 2021;62(1 Suppl):39.
• Loo BK, Lim MC, Gao JS, Zainuddin MA. Impact of Singapore's COVID-19 control measures on home-based physical activity in children. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2021 Jun 1;50(6):481-4.
• Wee JL, Ting CY, Cheng DT, Kan SY, Kang ZL, Loo BK. Improving the effectiveness of a paediatric handbook for new house officers. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2021 Apr 15:20101058211008476.
• Loo BK, Benedict CL Tan, Michael YH Chia, Chan PC, Sirisena D et al. Singapore Integrated 24-Hour Activity Guidelines for Children and Adolescents Study Group. The Singapore Integrated 24-Hour Activity Guidelines for Children & Adolescents. College of Paediatrics & Child Health Singapore. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2021; 52(1):18-28.
• Loo BK, Thoon KC, Tan JH, Donceras K. Supporting paediatric residents as teaching advocates: Changing students’ perceptions. The Asia-Pacific Scholar. 2020 5(3), 62-70.
• Loo BK, Ng CL, Chin RT, Davies LJ, Yong J, Ang AE, Chong YW, Tambyah PA. Nationwide survey comparing residents’ perceptions of overnight duty systems in Singapore: night float versus full overnight call. Singapore Medical Journal. 2020 Oct;61(10):559.
• Loo BK, Batilando MJ, Tan EC, Koh MJ. Compound heterozygous mutations with novel missense ABCA12 mutation in harlequin ichthyosis. Case Reports. 2018 Jan 3;2018:bcr-2017.
• Ting DS, Lee JC, Loo BK, Baisa K, Koo WH, Cook S, Lim BL. A nationwide, resident-led teaching programme for medical students in Singapore: SingHealth Student Internship Programme Bootcamp. Singapore medical journal. 2016 May;57(5):233.
• Loo KG, Lim SA, Lim IL, Chan DW. Guiding follow-up of paediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension with optical coherence tomography. Case Reports. 2016 Mar 3;2016:bcr2015213070.
• Loo BK, Chew JL, Sridevi S. Pilot Programme on Animal-Assisted Therapy in Singapore. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2015 Jun; 24(2): 113-116.