Research
Lifestyle for health and well-being
The aim is to improve human health and well-being throughout the lifespan by considering the social, behavioural and biological determinants and consequences of human lifestyles with specific emphases on physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease.
Theme summary
In the context of preventing and managing chronic disease and facilitating health promotion, members of the theme conduct world class research into the life-course determinants and consequences of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and nutrition.
We cover a wide range of expertise including psychology, epidemiology, physiology, nutrition, sport science, human biology, and social sciences.
Research within the theme spans the following areas
23/03/2018
Methods in life-course health and wellbeing research
14/02/2018
Medical Research Council workshop
04/12/2017
Stress and chronic disease: how important is the magnitude of our acute stress response?
Dr Anne Tuner, Deakin University
28/11/2017
Research seminar
Professor Martin Hagger, Curtin University
06/06/2017
Exercise guideline development for adults with a spinal cord injury
Dr Jan van der Scheer, Loughborough University
31/05/2017
NIHR Grant Writing Workshop
15/02/2017
Resilience-building for children who experience trauma: the importance of sports
Professor Panos Vostanis, University of Leicester
29/06/2016
Sleep, Sport and Psychology
Dr Kenneth Lichstein, University of Alabama
