First Meeting During my participation in the Winter School in Austria in March 2019, organized by the Technical University of Munich Graduate School, I met Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre who presented the project “GO GREEN EX” […]
Tag: Physical Activity
PA4H & EIM@UL Research Seminar: “Exercise as Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Speaker: Dr. Mats Hallgren is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He has written extensively on associations between physical activity and mental health, and led one of […]
Publication: Physical Activity of Adolescents with and without Disabilities – School Health Promotion Study 2017
Research Impact: The global action plan on physical activity (GAPPA) has a target to reduce physical inactivity by 10% in 2025 and by 15% in 2030. Health promotion activities that target individuals who are insufficiently […]
PA4H & EIM@UL Research Seminar: Placebo & Expectation: Potential Role in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Beyond
Research Seminar Description: Dr. Lindheimer will provide an overview and primer of placebo and expectation science, the potential role of placebo and expectancy in the psychological consequences of regular physical activity and exercise, and measurement, […]
Publication: Use of compositional data analysis to show the beneficial role of LIPA for improving adiposity in older adults
Research Impact: Using compositional data analysis, the current study found that increased light-intensity physical activity (LIPA) was associated with lower BMI, percentage body fat and fat mass in older adults. Theoretically increasing LIPA by 30 […]
Publication: Relationship between transport-to-school habits & physical activity in a sample of New Zealand adolescents
Research Impact: Despite numerous health benefits, adolescents’ physical activity levels have been declining in many countries. Active transport to school (e.g., walking, cycling) provides a potential source of regular physical activity. However, in many developed […]
IDC 2019 Research and Design Competition Winner: Digipack Pro–Revamping Social Interactions and Supporting Physical Activity
Research Impact: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently launched a competition on Interactive Design and Children (IDC) that focused on the full-body interaction in reaction to decline of children’s health. One of the emphases […]
The Role of Physical Activity in Preventing Anxiety Disorders – Cillian McDowell
Anxiety disorders are consistently the most common type of mental disorder in the general population. There is substantial evidence to support their association with reduced quality of life, the development of chronic medical conditions, and […]
The Secondary Level Active School Flag Programme – Fiona McHale
The Active School Flag (ASF) is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. The process aims to get more schools, more active, more often. Active School Flag […]
A day in the life… Dr Enrique Garcia Bengoechea
Hi Everyone, What does the life of a new Dean’s Research Fellow in Physical Activity and Health look like, I hear some of you musing… Well, if the period over the last two months or […]
