This section will keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.
The rising cost of living continues to negatively impact many in society with difficult financial decisions having to be made. As the weekly food shop increases in price, how can you eat well whilst sticking to a budget?
In the latest Experts in Sport podcast, Dr Enora Le Flao (Postdoctoral Scholar, The Ohio State University), Dr Lizzy Williams (Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University) and David Powell (PhD student, Swansea University) discuss concussions in Rugby Union and instrumented mouth-guards, which have embedded sensors to measure linear and angular kinematics of the head.
The Generation H project, funded via a £3 million Euro grant, will focus on improving physical inactivity and unhealthy diets among adolescents, in diverse socio-economic urban settings in Ghana (Greater Accra region) and Kenya (Nairobi), to reduce the risk of them developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adulthood.
The ‘For the Love of the Game’ event was held in the National Football Museum on 15 March to present the findings of a series of workshops with fans in Liverpool, Glasgow, Leeds and Berlin.
Dr Claire Madigan, a Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) lecturer at Loughborough University, has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award 2024 by the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM).
A research programme investigating how to improve sleeping problems faced by people with complex mental health issues is being launched.
On Friday 1 March, the five national sports councils (Sport England, Sport Wales, Sport Scotland, Sport Northern Ireland, and UK Sport) hosted the ‘Time for Action: Tacking Racism and Racial Inequalities in Sport (TRARIIS)’ conference at the Leicester Tigers stadium.
As public health experts search for new ways to tackle the obesity crisis, a Loughborough University study has found that patients would welcome support from their dentist on weight management.
Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Department of Health and Social Care has spoken of the potential impact research across SSEHS following a recent visit to Loughborough University.
Speaking as a guest on the University’s new ‘Experts in Health’ podcast, Loughborough University’s Professor Amanda Daley has reiterated her belief that PACE labelling may help the nation become healthier.
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