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To what extent do unhealthy behaviour indicators explain the neighbourhood deprivation gradient in overweight among 11-year-old English children?

Active school commuting alone is unlikely to be enough to prevent and reduce the prevalence of overweight/obesity in the most deprived English neighbourhoods. Childhood overweight/obesity-related interventions should focus on promoting participation in a range of health behaviours. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31993476 (February 2020)

A collaborative approach to developing sustainable behaviour change interventions for childhood obesity prevention: Development of the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention

This study describes an innovative use of the Behaviour Change Wheel to integrate multiple sources of evidence collected from practice, policy, research, and parent stakeholders to concurrently develop an evidence-based intervention to improve parental infant feeding behaviours and an implementation strategy to facilitate sustainable delivery by health care professionals in routine primary care. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31999887 (January 2020)

The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate

Encouraging active travel (particularly cycling) has become increasingly central to transport planning, and growing evidence suggests that bikeway infrastructure, if appropriately designed and implemented, can increase cycling in various settings. A modal shift in transport could also result in reductions in air pollution from tyre, brake, and road surface wear, in addition to a reduction in exhaust-related particulates. Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19

Incontinence in older women linked to sitting down for too long

We found that women who had urgency incontinence sat for significantly longer periods than the women with no incontinence. The solution is not going to be simply telling women to do pelvic floor muscle exercises but also that moving more and reducing time spent sitting may help them, particularly with urgency incontinence. Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/02/04/incontinence-in-older-women-linked-to-sitting-down-for-too-long/ (February 2020)

Muscle and bone mass in middle‐aged women: role of menopausal status and physical activity

A higher level of physical activity during the different menopausal phases was beneficial, especially for skeletal muscle. Menopause‐related hormonal changes predispose women to sarcopenia and osteoporosis and further to mobility disability and fall‐related fractures in later life. New strategies are needed to promote physical activity among middle‐aged women. Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcsm.12547 (February 2020)

The economic benefits of a more physically active population An international analysis

International research report recommends changing population behaviours and attitudes, using both community and workplace settings, provide an environment that encourages physical activity and that supports the access to facilities. Encourage the participation in programmes and interventions. Encourage more physical activity across society by interlinking systems-wide programmes and interventions. Source: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR4291.html (February 2020)

“Reasonable” physical activity for all: The next (cheap) medical revolution?

Coordinated action including the medical community and political decisionmakers is warranted to set in motion what could be the most important revolution in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease: to get patients moving. Source: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/coronary-artery-disease-medical-revolution/81116/ (January 2020)

Economic Value of Sport – Local Model November 2015

The model is set up to provide a “basic” estimate of the value of sport using data for each local authority drawn from national employment surveys, the Active People Survey and data from the national study. Source: https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/partnering-local-government/tools-directory/economic-value-of-sport-local-model/ (Registration required) (November 2015)

People who cycle to work have lower risk of dying, says New Zealand study

‘Increasing cycling for commuting to work in a country with low levels of cycling like New Zealand will require policies directed at both transport and urban planning, such as increasing housing density and implementing cycling networks.’ Source: https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/63278/people-who-cycle-to-work-have-lower-risk-of-dying-says-new-zealand-study (January 2020)

Hastings workforce project - understanding audiences

Six neighbourhoods in Hastings with high levels of deprivation were selected for doorstep resident interviews. High levels of inactivity are closely associated with deprivation. Specifically income, education and local area deprivation. Even low-cost activities such as walking are affected by deprivation . These interviews sought to understand residents’ activity rates, the barriers they faced to becoming active, and the support they would like from clubs, coaches, volunteers and staff. Source: