By Thea Franke and Christina Thiele Originally published on the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility’s blog (Follow: @Mobility_Health) Much like Cinderella, physical inactivity goes under-recognized and largely under-appreciated. Bull and Bauman (2011) state that physical inactivity receives a “poverty of policy attention and resourcing proportionate to its importance.” Addressing physical inactivity needs to be a global public […]
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Stand and Deliver: Behaviour change implementation for #ActiveWorking
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Rory Heath (@roryjheath) Part 2 of a 2-part series The first part this series reminded us that inactivity in the workplace is bad for your health – as bad as smoking. Sedentary behaviour also reduces workplace productivity; employees report more fatigue and restlessness, […]
Physios’ role in physical activity promotion for women and girls: #thisgirlcan #thisphysiocan
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Claire Treen @ClaireTreen Britain’s elite sporting culture accelerated in 2014, with women at the top of international sport. At the Sochi Winter Olympics Lizzy Yarnold won gold in the skeleton and snowboarder Jenny Jones picking up Great Britain’s (GB) first ever medal in a […]
Sitting Ducks – Sedentary Behaviour and its Health Risks: Part One of a Two Part Series
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Rory Heath (@Roryjheath) The recent Inaugural Active Working Summit, January 8th, 2015, brought together representatives from healthcare, scientific research and commercial organisations with an aim to promote wellness at work. At BJSM, we’ve covered the benefits of exercise on the brain before and […]
Zero to 25,000 steps a day: My personal story (and numbers) of lifestyle, and physical transformation
By Stephen Morrison @howmanymiles_ “People remember dead babies,” not the most heart-warming of statements, but one that Professor Karim Khan used to illustrate a point in a recent presentation; point being that you will remember an emotional story or event more than a set of statistics. The audience at the FSEM and BASEM Walk 500 miles […]
4 ‘must attend’ BASEM/FSEM conference sessions on physical activity and young people
By Beth Cameron, PR & Communications, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine @FSEM_UK This year’s joint BASEM and FSEM Conference, Walk 500 Miles, will include four, not to be missed, sessions covering paediatric medicine. The session starts at 2pm in Edinburgh’s historic Assembly Rooms, on Thursday 2nd October, with Heather McKay, Professor of the Faculty of […]
Get Up, Get Movn: A Novel Approach to get Patients Moving
By Harsh Vathsangam and Ade Adesanya Who would have thought that one of the biggest killers of the 21st century would be your couch? Physical inactivity is one of the biggest silent killers of our time and an important factor in weight loss, heart disease and stroke and diabetes. Given such dire consequences, health practitioners are […]
A Global Fail? International Comparisons of Physical Activity of Children and Youth Report Cards
By Dr. Christine Voss (@DrChristineVoss) Originally posted on the Active Streets Active People blog: http://asapactive.wordpress.com/ The 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children recently brought together researchers, practitioners and policy makers to address the growing childhood physical inactivity crisis. There was an impressive agenda of scientific communications, workshops, debates, networking opportunities, and key note […]
NICE QUALITY STANDARD STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE – Physical activity: encouraging activity in all people in contact with the NHS
Dear colleagues, You may be aware that a NICE quality standard on Physical activity: encouraging activity in all people in contact with the NHS is currently being developed. A NICE quality standard is a concise set of prioritised statements designed to drive measurable, quality improvements within a particular area of health or care. Today we […]
be active 2014, Canberra, Australia, October 15 – 18: Abstract submissions NOW OPEN!
be active 2014 will incorporate the Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport (ACSMS), the National Physical Activity Conference (NPAC), and the National Sports Injury Prevention Conference (NSIPC). Together the three conferences will focus on current research and practice in areas relating to the promotion of, and safe participation in, all kinds of sport, […]