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Bristol researchers contribute to House of Lords report on obesity and diet
A House of Lords report on connections between diet and obesity, and their effects on ill-health (including cancer) is formally being launched today. Researchers from Bristol’s Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (ICEP), the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) and the Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) submitted data for the report. The…
Creating Playful Urban Spaces: Lessons from Bradford
In this blog Dr Amanda Seims and Dr Sally Barber write about the significant steps Bradford has taken to involve children and young people in the planning and design of play spaces. This post was originally published by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber. In today’s rapidly urbanising…
Non-pharmacological weight-loss treatment shows promising results during trial
Sirona, a non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical weight loss technology demonstrated a good side effect profile and was well tolerated by participants during a 12-week trial. Participants on Sirona experienced greater weight loss compared to those receiving a placebo. Those using the technology lost up to 10 per cent of their total…
Pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to sense of self-worth later in life
Women, people who are not heterosexual, those experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and those who, as teenagers, felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media are most at risk of ‘internalised’ weight stigma, according to research from the University of Bristol. The study is published in…
Study suggests time-limited eating could be possible in children and adolescents
The results of a new study suggest it may be possible to design programmes aimed at introducing children and adolescents to time-limited eating. This could potentially help prevent obesity in this age group, based on evidence of adults benefitting from time-limited eating. Researchers wanted to understand whether…
Designing tailored physical activity interventions for primary schools
Primary school-based interventions aimed at increasing physical activity among children are usually targeted at physical education (PE) lessons, active breaks and active and outdoor learning, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Public Health. Only one of the studies included in this review paper considered the…
The UK Diet and Diabetes Questionnaire - a research tool story
Dr Clare England, Health Services Researcher at Health Technology Wales, gives us an update on how the UK Diet and Diabetes Questionnaire she developed as part of her PhD work has been used since it was created and validated in 2016.
NIHR Bristol BRC Director’s Fund award for three new research projects
Three new research projects have secured funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Bristol Biomedical Research Centre’s (Bristol BRC) Director’s fund. The Director’s Fund supports exciting new projects across all our research themes which we hope will be developed into something that could directly benefit patients.
Who’s doing what? How patterns of children’s physical activity have changed since the pandemic
This blog was originally published by the Youth Sport Trust on 28 November 2023. The Active-6 project led by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Exercise, Nutrition, and Health Sciences and Bristol Medical School and funded by the National Institute for Health…