It is understood that those in lower income households have acutely felt the impact of the pandemic and lockdown both economically and in terms of mental and physical wellbeing. Young people who live in those neighbourhoods, shared their experiences, worries and opinions about life during and after the Covid lockdown.
Source: Street Games June 2020
A new study of the UK public by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI finds that significant numbers have experienced changes to their sleep patterns since the lockdown was announced on 23 March, with nearly two-thirds (63%) overall saying their sleep has been worse.
Source: Ipsos Mori, June 2020
The survey, which will be supported by Opinium, will examine the impact of the pandemic across the UK, US and Australia, and look at how workplaces can support their staff.
Source: Research Live, May 2020
People have turned to cycling and walking to keep active outdoors during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, with 63% of people across the first six weeks of lockdown saying exercise is important for their mental health.
Source: Savanta / Sport England May 2020
In a survey of 600+ U.K. office workers, we discovered a workforce fully embracing the flexibility remote work offers and rethinking the value of going back to the office after COVID-19.
Source: Yourhana May 2020
We want to understand physical activity and diet, as well as the use and changes to the use of tobacco (e.g. cigarettes), nicotine (e.g. e-cigarettes) and alcohol consumption during the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). We also want to understand how we could create or provide support that may help people to make changes to their behaviours and therefore their health.
Source: UCL May 2020
Disproportionate numbers of adults with chronic diseases, such as obesity, hypertension and lung disease, reduced their physical activity levels during the first weeks of the UK COVID-19 lockdown
Source: LSHTM, UCL and UoB
Far more people will be cycling and walking thanks to plans to boost greener, active transport, launched today (9 May 2020) by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps .
Source: gov.uk May 2020
This project will produce Australia’s first framework for national action to increase and monitor population level physical activity. It will inform policy by testing innovative programs to promote physical activity, including their scalability to population level interventions.
Source: The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre April 2020
Child mental health experts have urged the government to prioritise children’s play and socialising with friends over formal lessons and academic progress when schools in England reopen and lockdown restrictions are eased.
Source: Guardian May 2020
The authors estimate that about two-thirds of the wellbeing cost comes from the impact of social distancing alone. Levels of wellbeing are the lowest they have been in the UK since recording started in 2011.
Source: Simetrca - Jacobs May 2020
There are large amounts of data available from government and official sources, which tell us about the health and economic vulnerability of certain places and communities.
UK transport groups and public health experts to call for radical changes - some already happening globally - such as wider pavements, traffic restrictions and cycle networks.
Source: BBC May 2020
The pandemic will change the world permanently and profoundly. Even if countries can control the spread of COVID-19 in the coming months, there will be vast political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental consequences which will last many decades.
Source: Nesta, April 2020
During COVID-19, evidence shows that children are less active and more sedentary, with less consistent sleep patterns, on unstructured or non-school days (ie, when they are not physically at school) than on school days.
Source: The Lancet, April 2020
Leading researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have launched the groundbreaking study to aid government decision-making during the pandemic.
Source: The Sunday Post, May 2020
PA messaging may play a valuable role improving population PA levels. However, it is a complex and multidimensional concept and greater understanding is still needed. We present a synthesis of the existing evidence, highlighting key areas where evidence has accumulated and where gaps lie, as well as recommendations for PA messaging to different population subgroups.
Source: BMC journal, April 2020
In this blog, Dr James Nobles talks about the Bristol recommendations for talking about physical activity, and how important this is in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: ARC West April 2020
