The healthiest organisations from the Britain’s Healthiest Workplace survey were able to save an average of 11.5 days of unproductive time per person per year compared to a typical workplace. For an organisation employing 1,000 people, that amounts to 11,500 working days a year, which is equivalent to employing another 50 people.
Source: https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/why-your-people-want-to-get-healthy-but-cant/
(February 2020)
In our new research that we conducted with our primary school health network, HAPPEN, we found that The Daily Mile can make a massive difference to children’s lives. It makes children realise they are good at running, that running is something they can do with friends and most importantly that they can have fun being active.
Source: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/running-mile-day-children-healthier-140734245.html
(February 2020)
The findings show that in primary school children, the Daily Mile intervention is effective at increasing levels of MVPA, reducing sedentary time, increasing physical fitness and improving body composition.
Source: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1049-z
(May 2018)
The lack of access to public transport is generally considered to be a risk factor for childhood obesity by discouraging active transport and thus physical activity.
A total of 25 cross-sectional and two longitudinal studies conducted in 10 countries were identified. These observations suggest that an increased level of access to public transport may have a health-promoting effect and hence prevent the development of childhood obesity.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32003139
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High TV time is associated with poor physical fitness in youth. Accordingly, intervention strategies need to target a meaningful utilization of TV and other screen-based activities in addition to the promotion of PA in order to ensure sufficient physical fitness in youth.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31993349
(December 2019)
Obesity disparities persist in college. Physical fitness and stress management interventions should be targeted towards Hispanic and NHW college students, which may curb current and/or adult-onset obesity.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31995450
(January 2020)
Reduced risk of future heart failure in healthy women may be achieved by remaining physically active from young middle age and throughout life or by increasing the level of physical activity. This is particularly important for sedentary women in middle age. The role of physical activity in preventing the development of obesity must be taken into account.
Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02813432.2020.1717083
(March 2019)
Although physical activity and sleep have physical health benefits, they may not be protective against future emotional and behavioral problems in childhood in the general population. BMI in the obese or overweight range was significantly associated with current emotional and behavioral problems at the age of 11 years.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32004246
(January 2020)
Overall the Daily Mile had a small but non-significant effect on BMIz, however, it had a greater effect in girls suggesting that it might be considered as a cost-effective component of a system-wide approach to childhood obesity prevention.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988481
(January 2020)
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)
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)
Newsletter to the Glos Girls Can Supporters sent by Active Gloucestershire. Featuring This Girl Can new video, community fund, International Women's Day, supporters poster and podcasts from Women in Sport
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
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)
