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CLiMB research associate, Charity Aienobe-Asekharen, has won the World Health Organization World No Tobacco Day (WHO WNTD) award for the African Region.
The government announced last week that they are consulting on proposals to extend the sugar tax that is currently applied to fizzy drinks, to include pre-packaged milk-based drinks, as well as non-dairy substitutes such as oat or rice milks.
As a specialty registrar in paediatric dentistry, I’ve seen first-hand the pain children experience because of poor oral health.
Dr Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Fellowship to harness positive deviance to address health inequalities in underserved communities.
A trial at English secondary schools of alternative food labelling – which displayed the number of minutes of physical activity needed to burn off calories – reduced the purchase of sugary foods by a small amount.
Dr Kajal Gokal, Senior Research Fellow in Behavioural Medicine in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, has been awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellowship to explore effective ways to promote physical activity as part of routine care for breast cancer.
The knowledge exchange event explored healthy aging for African and Caribbean communities.
No thanks, I don’t want any more: how to deal with food pushers over the festive holiday period
Sadly, it is estimated that 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
Dr Claire Madigan, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour at Loughborough University, has been awarded a prestigious five-year National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellowship.
With ever-increasing options for wearable technology available, on National Fitness Day 2024 we investigate if these devices can deliver on their promise to help people reach their health and fitness goals.
Dr Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, senior lecturer in Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, has been recognised for her research and community engagement work in nutrition among African and Caribbean groups in the UK.
Governments and public health agencies may need to focus on political affiliation when developing strategies to tackle obesity.
Researchers from CLiMB and Wolfson School of Engineering are set to develop an innovative digital health app to help individuals with multiple chronic conditions manage their health care.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, CLiMB researchers Dr Kajal Gokal and Professor Amanda Daley report on how incorporating bite-sized pieces of physical activity into our everyday lives can help lift our mental health.
Ten strategies for pushing back food pushers when trying to manage your weight.
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).
Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Department of Health and Social Care has spoken of the potential impact of research from the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) and across the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, following a recent visit to the campus.
As public health experts search for new ways to tackle the obesity crisis, a Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) study has found that patients would welcome support from their dentist on weight management.
In popular discussions of healthy eating, including political rhetoric and nutrition counselling, women are often blamed for a lack of nutrition knowledge or cooking skills, leading to the assumption that a decline in cooking skills is connected with unhealthy diets and obesity.
Sex is very beneficial for health, it activates chemicals that impact the brain and body organs and a healthy active sex life may also improve life expectancy.
With September recognised globally as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, now is a great time to highlight our ongoing research exploring how physical activity may benefit young people receiving treatment for cancer.
With 1,498 per 100,000 of the population waiting for orthopaedic surgery, it is vital to help support patients awaiting total hip and knee replacements to improve their health and increase surgery success rates by participating in regular exercise before surgery.
GPs from across the UK are experiencing concerningly high levels of burnout, a new CLiMB study has found.
Researchers who offered carrots and cucumber to nursery-age youngsters at breakfast found that children ate the vegetables more than 60% of the time.
Losing weight is challenging. But as anyone who has ever successfully lost weight knows, it’s avoiding weight re-gain that’s the real challenge.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £8.5 million to an East Midlands partnership, including the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, to deliver one of eight hubs of the new NIHR Research Support Service (RSS).
The concept of fasting is not new. It is a well-known practice associated with many religious and spiritual traditions.
You might know that physical activity can help lower your risk of getting many common types of cancer. But what many of us don’t realise is just how important physical activity is if you’ve been diagnosed with cancer.
Losing weight is one of the most popular new year’s resolutions, yet it is one which many people struggle to achieve.
A bite-sized approach to exercise could help you achieve your New Year fitness goals
A Christmas themed physical activity intervention during Advent shows promise for increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time among inactive adults, finds a trial by Loughborough University's Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour.
Often described as the ‘most important meal of the day’, a good breakfast allows you to start the day with a healthy and nutritious meal packed full of vitamins and staves off hunger until lunchtime.
New research from the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour at Loughborough University shows that food labelling that includes the amount of physical activity needed to burn off the calories contained within it would be easier to understand than existing traffic light labelling, and would be more likely to help consumers to avoid high calorie foods.
Sit-stand desks could improve consultations on physical health
As record temperatures continue across the country, many are turning to an ice cream or lolly to help them cool down. But just how many calories are in these frozen treats?
Are doctors missing opportunities to help people manage their weight?
Doctor-led advice on weight management results in effective weight loss and a reduction in waist circumference for people with obesity, new research from Loughborough University has found.
For people looking to lose weight, it can be hard to know where to start. Not only are there scores of commercial weight loss programmes to choose from, there’s also plenty of confusing and contradictory weight loss advice to be found online or in magazines.
Holiday times are known to be an occasion when we find it more difficult to follow a healthy lifestyle.
In the words of Beyoncé, ‘who runs the world? Girls!’ Now, can all the pregnant ladies put their hands up?
We are recruiting secondary schools to take part in a study to help us understand the impact of a new type of food label in school canteens.
Research by Loughborough University has found that exercise interventions delivered in primary care appear to boost levels of moderate to vigorous intensity activity in adults by an average of 14 minutes a week.
World Cancer Day, held every 4 February, has been recognised by the Union for International Cancer Control to raise awareness of cancer globally, with the aim of encouraging prevention, early detection and treatment for cancer.
A new study being led by Loughborough University will look at the role dentists can play in reducing obesity in the UK.
For many people, the new year is an opportunity for them to reflect on the past year and start to think about making changes for the next one.
Christmas is a time when many people put on a few extra pounds.
For many of us, the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ means letting go of our usual restraint and moderation with food and drink.
RIC-KI (Research Ideas Catalogue – Knowledge & Impact) is a newly-launched platform that connects researchers who have great ideas, but not necessarily the time or resources to develop them on their own.
Loughborough University has launched a new platform that enables academics to share research ideas with scientists across the world, allowing greater collaboration and ensuring no idea is wasted.
With 64% of the UK population now overweight or obese, there’s no time to lose in taking action to support the population to lose excess weight or maintain a healthy weight.
In the UK, around 10% of children aged 4-5 years are obese, and this number rises to around 20% of children aged 11-12 years. Children who are living with obesity have higher rates of cardio-metabolic risk factors, which can lead to early onset of other serious conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.
Between the ages of 20 and 55, most adults gain between 0.5 and 1kg a year, which could see some people become overweight or obese over time.
Making small changes to your daily calorie intake and/or physical activity levels to manage your weight may help to prevent weight gain, a new Loughborough University study has found.
A new research centre which will look at ways to reduce preventable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and several types of cancer, has been launched by Loughborough University.
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