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Tag: Health

Marine to muscle – marine industry sustainability and human health – Dr Brian Carson
The processing of material from the fishing industry generates substantial unexploited waste products, many of which possess high biological value. As the world looks to more sustainable food sources, we recently undertook a study investigating […]
Going green – my apt experience of moving to Ireland – Diane Slater
I craved fresh air, greenery, and hills during the (almost) 3 years I lived in the Middle East. It was, therefore, fortuitous that I became aware of GoGreenRoutes and a PhD opportunity that would […]

Publication: Associations between generalized anxiety disorder and resting-state frontal lobe cerebral oxygenation are modified by physical activity
McDowell CP, Newman L, Monroe DC, O’Connor JD, Knight SP, Gordon BG, Kenny RA, Herring MP (2021). Associations between generalized anxiety disorder and resting-state frontal lobe cerebral oxygenation are modified by physical activity: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences

Editorial:Human-Nature Interactions: Perspectives on Conceptual and Methodological Issues.
Research Impact: The editorial is the first output from the GoGreenRoutes team -with partners and advisory board members including PESS graduate Dr Noel Brick at Ulster University. The special issue of 20 publications brought together […]

The impact of low carbohydrate diets on bone health – Athlete survey
Athlete nutritional practices are very often primarily concerned with improving performance via weight loss and/or a metabolic adaption while bone health is often given less consideration. A proactive approach to bone health can be more […]

Publication: Students’ attitudes towards and experiences of the Youth-fit health-related fitness test battery
Research Impact: There is a scarcity of pragmatic experimental investigations examining the effects of specific changes to how physical education is delivered on the quality of the experience that students derive. Analysing students’ attitudes and […]

GO GREEN NATURE: Taking a Walk on the Green Side of Research – Cassandra Murphy, Ellen Moran, Tadhg MacIntyre
GO GREEN NATURE – Novel Approaches To Understand how to Reduce the impact of urban Emissions The GOGREEN initiative is led by PESS department member Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre as part of the Physical Activity for […]

A Citizen Science approach to monitoring powerful predictors of health? Brendan O’Keeffe
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime Citizen science is a very simple concept. It involves research carried […]

Female Athlete Triad/ RED-S – what do the guidelines say? Jennifer Higgins
Many of us have heard the harrowing stories of athletes suffering the consequences of the female athlete triad (triad) or Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). Accounts of injuries, disrupted training and long term health […]