21 Feb 17 |
Prof Chris Oliver, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh About 60% of Scots men and women meet the Government’s recommended physical activity guidelines of moderate activity for 150 minutes or more per week or at least 30 minutes five days a week. It is estimated, however, that if everyone was ...
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An estimated 90% of the workforce in the UK commute to work, with the vast majority of these taking a ‘non-active’ mode of transport. The evidence on the bene ts of active travel (e.g. walking or cycling) for our health and wellbeing has been well described but for many commuters active travel isn’t an easy […]
Continue Reading09 Dec 16 |
Back in early Spring this year an email popped into our inbox – an invitation to take part in a workplace step count challenge. Now, we work in a cancer prevention environment so we have good knowledge of the importance of being physically active, and we do try to practice what we preach, but to […]
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By Alex Free, Breast Cancer Now’s champion encourager and supporter of their healthy working lives, who does a good walk the walk herself! Breast Cancer Now are invested in promoting healthy lifestyles for women as a preventative approach to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. The Edinburgh Office of Breast Cancer ...
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Sport England’s massive ‘This Girl Can’ campaign in 2015 reached out to women who may not have engaged with sport earlier in life or may have been “switched off” to participating through peer pressure around femininity. The campaign promoted sport to women of all shapes and sizes endorsed by Missy Elliot, a ...
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Dr Paul Kelly, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh There is an ever increasing array of options now for the tech savvy (or not so savvy) to monitor their physical activity or exercise behaviour. The questions are: Should I get one? Which one should I get? How much should I spend? […]
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The WCRF has produced a summary document on the global evidence for what increases and what decreases the risk of cancer. This is great publication with information displayed graphically for easy consumption by lay people and health professionals alike. Factors which increase and decrease cancer risk are taken in turn with a ...
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by Prof Nanette Mutrie, Director of Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh Stair walking is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to put more activity into our everyday lives. Encouraging people to choose the stairs involves making the stairs interesting [perhaps with art work or even piano ...
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As part of an initiative launched by the local city government to combat the nation’s obesity crisis, health officials have set up 30 health stations in subway and bus hubs around Mexico City. The stations feature machines that are equipped with a motion sensor to measure the number of squats people complete. At the same […]
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Mexico City: Squats = Free Public Transport As part of an initiative launched by the local city government to combat the nation’s obesity crisis, health officials have set up 30 health stations in subway and bus hubs around Mexico City. The stations feature machines that are equipped with a motion sensor to measure the number ...
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