AWRC co-locator Dr Elysa Ioannou of the School of Sport and Physical Activity spoke to BBC Look North yesterday in their feature on programmes tackling obesity in South Yorkshire.
Dr Harriet Wingfield, Research Fellow based at the AWRC, shares her reflections on attending the Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Europe conference in Kaunas, Lithuania, in this latest piece for AWRC Voices.
Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University, based at the AWRC, used data from nearly 80,000 parkrun participants to create a new model of life satisfaction that can be used to evaluate initiatives that seek to improve quality of life in the population.
In a new article for the British Journal of Nursing's September oncology supplement, AWRC Director Prof. Rob Copeland explores how integrating movement into cancer care can improve survival, reduce recurrence, and increase wellbeing.
This week, Dr Gareth Jones shared insights from two NIHR-funded projects focused on enabling people with severe mental illness (SMI) to lead more physically active lives.
The Tanfield brothers' 250-mile ride was part of our long-term collaborator Yorkshire Cancer Research’s campaign to reduce regional inequalities in cancer care and improve cancer care in Yorkshire.
The Health and Social Care Committee is exploring how physical activity can help prevent and reduce ill health in a society where healthy life expectancy is stalling and inequalities are growing.
AWRC Director Prof. Rob Copeland has written for the Integrated Care Journal on how the NHS 10-year plan presents significant opportunities to drive a prevention legacy in England.
At this week’s lunch and learn session, we heard from Dr Charlotte Benkowitz about her work with parkrun survey data - one of the largest datasets of its kind.
Dr Cath Homer from the School of Sport and Physical Activity, together with colleagues, has written to The Lancet in response to recent media coverage and public reaction surrounding the evaluation of the NHS’s Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) clinics.
