The Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) Kick Off meeting, Bremen, Germany February 4th-6th 2019 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, responsible for 39.5 million deaths in 2015, which equates to 70% of […]

The Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) Kick Off meeting, Bremen, Germany February 4th-6th 2019 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, responsible for 39.5 million deaths in 2015, which equates to 70% of […]
Abstract: Societal and technological changes have resulted in sitting being the dominant posture during most activities of daily living, such as learning, working, travelling and leisure time. Too much time spent in seated activities, referred to […]
Research Impact: Depression is a prevalent, debilitating, and often recurrent mood disorder for which successful first-line treatments remains limited. Evidence has demonstrated the protective benefits of physical activity for depression; however, little evidence exists regarding associations […]
Research Impact: How do we know that physical activity is good for us? Most of our knowledge about this comes from studies which measure physical activity during daily life. Until recently, most of those […]
Many national and international studies have a research focus on human health; these studies often examine specific risk behaviours, their determinants and related health risk indicators. Studies may be cross-sectional, longitudinal in nature or involve […]