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 […]
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The challenges of health communication in a modern world of entertainment
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A twice-monthly series on the BJSM blog) By Dr Wilby Williamson Preaching about physical activity and demanding compliance with 150 minutes of activity per week, as I do with my friends and family, often falls on deaf ears. Changing tack to discuss differences between London’s bus drivers and […]
Has ‘sedentarism’ — excessive sitting — crossed over to join the conditions that the public is aware of? The new obesity?
The health problems of office workers who ‘sit too much’ is getting increasing attention not only in medical journals but now also in popular media. See: Owen N, Baumen, AE, and Brown, W. 2009. Too much sitting: a novel and important predictor of chronic disease risk? BJSM;43:81-83. Brown, WJ, Bauman, AE, and Owen N. Stand […]