Physical activity epidemiology
Lead Research Organisation:
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Abstract
The overall aim of this programme is to understand the detailed relationships between physical activity and disease, particularly obesity and metabolic disorders. Further, we are also examining how the environment, early life factors such as birth weight, and genes affect the associations between physical activity with obesity and metabolic disorders. We have lead the development and evaluation of an objective method based on the combined measurement of heart rate and body movement for measuring physical activity precisely in free living individuals. This technique is now implemented in our epidemiological studies and in collaboration with researchers in UK and abroad. We will use this method in future studies. We seek to understand population levels of physical activity and how activity levels might change by time and between sub-groups of the population. We have shown that physical activity is positively associated with metabolic disorders in both children and adults and this association is independent of aerobic fitness. This has important public health implications as it may be more feasible to encourage the population to increase their levels of activity rather than improving aerobic fitness which is likely to include more vigorous exercise. We will seek to further examine the importance of physical activity in the causation of disease and how these associations differ between sub groups of the population. For example, we will include precise measurements of physical activity and body composition from early age in various birth cohorts. Finally, we will examine the heritability of activity in twin studies and the genetic determinants of activity in large scale observational studies.
Technical Summary
Physical activity is assumed to be a key determinant of both obesity and metabolic diseases. However, the detail of this association is not fully clear. A major reason for this is that physical activity is typically poorly measured in epidemiological studies. The overall goal is to understand how physical activity and sedentary behaviour affect the health of people across the lifespan. AIMS The physical activity programme is divided into three different areas of research and the overall aims of the each of the areas are; 1. MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; Develop and evaluate methods for assessing physical activity in epidemiological studies 2. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR AND CAUSATION OF DISEASE; Understand the role of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the causation of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases 3. BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR; Understand the determinants, specifically the biological determinants (genotype and early life factors), of physical activity and sedentary behaviour and how these variables may modify the association between physical activity, obesity and related metabolic disorders MEASUREMENTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Measurement precision of exposure variables such as physical activity is key in epidemiological research. We are evaluating various objective methods for assessing physical activity including a combined heart rate and movement sensor (the Actiheart) for use in large-scale epidemiological studies. Our results show that this method is more accurate than other comparable objective activity assessment methods in both children and adults for assessing physical activity energy expenditure. However, these studies are restricted to confined settings and we are currently undertaking free living validation work using doubly labelled water (DLW) as the criterion method in UK children and adults. Preliminary data from these studies suggest that the combined heart rate and movement sensing is valid for estimating free living PAEE without any systematic error. It is, however unknown whether the validity of combined heart rate and movement sensing and other movement sensors is influenced by age, culture, climate and other environmental factors. We have therefore initiated studies to examine how different environmental conditions may affect the validity of this method. The next generation of objective measurement instruments will have the possibility to detect different types of activities performed. We have initiated work on developing a high frequency (80 Hz) sampling movement sensor in collaboration with industry for activity type classification. Our work on self-reported physical activity include the development self-report physical activity instruments specifically fit for purpose with the aim to establish a portfolio of questionnaires developed for different age groups, time frames, and assessing different domains of activity. This includes testing the reliability and validity of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) physical activity questionnaire across 10 countries in Europe. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE We aim to examine the complex interrelationships between sedentary behaviour and physical activity with morbidity, mortality and intermediate metabolic traits, throughout life. We aim to explore the direction of associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health outcomes and how physical activity and sedentary behaviour may interact in relation to health. A long term goal is to understand how precisely measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in childhood may influence on adult health. BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Our overall aim is to understand the biological determinants of physical activity including birth weight, infancy and childhood growth, motor development and genotype and how these factors may modify the association between physical
Organisations
- MRC Epidemiology Unit, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of the West Indies, Jamaica (Collaboration)
- Utrecht University (Collaboration)
- International Society For Physical Activity And Health (Collaboration)
- University of Wollongong, Australia (Collaboration)
- Christian Medical College Vellore (Collaboration)
- Rigshospitalet (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Pelotas (Collaboration)
- University of Cambridge (Collaboration)
- Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes (Collaboration)
- University of South Carolina, United States (Collaboration)
- University of Southern Denmark, Denmark (Collaboration)
- University of Queensland, Australia (Collaboration)
- University of Ghent, Belgium (Collaboration)
- University of Alaska (Collaboration)
- University of Bath, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Chihuahua (Collaboration)
- Granada University (Collaboration)
- St George's University of London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Auckland, New Zealand (Collaboration)
- Dasman Diabetes Institute (Collaboration)
- Medical Research Council (Collaboration)
- University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Memphis University (Collaboration)
- National Institutes of Health, United States (Collaboration)
- DEDIPAC (Collaboration)
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Social Research, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Umea University, Sweden (Collaboration)
- Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (Collaboration)
- Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (Collaboration)
- University Medical Center Gronigen (Collaboration)
- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (Collaboration)
- Galway University Hospitals (Collaboration)
- University of Pittsburgh (Collaboration)
Publications

Adab P
(2014)
Preventing childhood obesity, phase II feasibility study focusing on South Asians: BEACHeS.
in BMJ open

Adab P
(2018)
Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds: cluster randomised controlled trial (WAVES study).
in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)


Adab P
(2018)
The West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children (WAVES) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted obesity prevention intervention programme targeted at children aged 6-7 years
in Health Technology Assessment

Ahmad S
(2015)
Evaluation of reliability and validity of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in 60-74 year old primary care patients.
in BMC family practice

Ahmad S
(2013)
Gene × physical activity interactions in obesity: combined analysis of 111,421 individuals of European ancestry.
in PLoS genetics

Amadid H
(2018)
The role of physical activity in the development of first cardiovascular disease event: a tree-structured survival analysis of the Danish ADDITION-PRO cohort.
in Cardiovascular diabetology

Andersen E
(2015)
Effects of reducing sedentary time on glucose metabolism in immigrant Pakistani men.
in Medicine and science in sports and exercise

Andersen LB
(2006)
Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study).
in Lancet (London, England)

Andersen LB
(2015)
A new approach to define and diagnose cardiometabolic disorder in children.
in Journal of diabetes research
Description | BASES PA guidelines |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guidance committee |
Description | Canadian Sedentary Guidelines |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in advisory committee |
URL | http://www.csep.ca/english/view.asp?x=804 |
Description | Citation in systematic review - TV mortality paper (IJE) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Description | Cited by The Publications Office of the European Union on 19 May 2016 |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/89612982-1e4d-11e6-ba9a-01aa75ed71... |
Description | DoH Expert Group on Sedentary Behaviour and Obesity |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Gave evidence to a government review |
Description | EU Guidelines for physical activity |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guidance committee |
Description | IOC expert committee |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guidance committee |
Description | Moving More, Living More |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279657/moving_living_more_... |
Description | Sedentary guidelines for children |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in advisory committee |
Description | WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2016, 1-75, Cited by World Health Organization on 08 Apr 2016 |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/204979/1/Vol5%20Issu1.pdf |
Description | What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity? |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469703/What_works_in_schoo... |
Description | BHF Project Grant (PA in Twins UK) |
Amount | £280,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Heart Foundation (BHF) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2006 |
End | 06/2007 |
Description | NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme |
Amount | £110,361 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2010 |
End | 10/2015 |
Description | NPRI Project Grant |
Amount | £315,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Department | National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2008 |
End | 08/2010 |
Description | NPRI project grant |
Amount | £392,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Physical activity and components of body composition and growth in cohorts of black South African participants at different stages in the life courserisks of prolonged sitting |
Amount | £82,750 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 2015/R1 NA140296 |
Organisation | Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2015 |
End | 02/2018 |
Description | Unilever Studentship |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Unilever |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | |
End | 12/2012 |
Description | Wellcome Trust Research Fellow travel |
Amount | £94,677 (GBP) |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | World Cancer Research Fund |
Amount | £83,836 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of Canada |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start |
Title | ACC_HR_processing |
Description | Processing syntax for combined heart rate and acceleration data |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used to compute summary measures of physical activity in multiple publications |
Title | CPAQ/YPAQ |
Description | Development of physical activity questionnaires for young people |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2009 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Unknown |
Title | EPAQ2 |
Description | Provision of EPAQ2 questionnaire and associated analysis syntax (incl instrument, data entry, data cleaning, data interpretation scripts available on web). |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2008 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | we do not track papers by other groups |
Title | HISPAQ |
Description | Questionnaire to retrospectively assess physical activity |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used in case-control study of MND |
Title | MAHUffe |
Description | A programme developed for analysing large quantities of objectively measured physical activity by accelerometry |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2007 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | More than 15 groups worldwide use this software. |
Title | Measurement Toolkit - instrument library |
Description | General update of information in the measurement toolkit and expansion of the examples of instruments to an actual library of instruments |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Website attracts >100 hits per day |
URL | http://www.measurement-toolkit.org |
Title | R code, Waveform acceleration analysis |
Description | Scripts and algorithms for processing and summarising waveform accelerometry data |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used in several papers and principle adopted by UK biobank |
Title | RPAQ |
Description | A comprehensive questionnaire developed for assessing physical activity. Instrument, data entry, data cleaning, data interpretation scripts available on web. |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2009 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Used in the NDNS and (modified in) UK Biobank |
Title | SIT-Q-7d |
Description | Development of a comprehensive questionnaire (as well as recommended processing guidelines and codes), assessing sedentary behaviour across all domains of daily life in the general adult population. |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Inclusion of this questionnaire in the DRCT and Fenland studies. Also used externally (e.g. PubMed ID: 26381488). |
URL | http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/resources/ |
Title | SIT-Q-7d |
Description | Development of a comprehensive questionnaire (as well as recommended processing guidelines and codes), assessing sedentary behaviour across all domains of daily life in the general adult population. |
Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Inclusion of this questionnaire in the DRCT and Fenland studies. Also used externally (e.g. PubMed ID: 26381488). |
URL | http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/resources/ |
Description | 1946 Birth Cohort |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study Design, PA & Fitness, Analysis, Interpretation, Staff Training, Equipment |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study coordination, staff, data collection, analysis. |
Impact | 21345808 |
Description | Alaska (studying PA in Yupik Eskimos) |
Organisation | University of Alaska |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness assessment, analysis, interpretation |
Collaborator Contribution | PI of cohort |
Impact | 23666898 |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | BAMMO |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Department | MRC Human Nutrition Research Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Knowledge and expertise in measurement of physical activity and childhood obesity |
Collaborator Contribution | Statistical knowledge on bias assessment in prospective observational studiesNutritional expertise |
Impact | 20604868 |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | BAMMO |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | MRC Biostatistics Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Knowledge and expertise in measurement of physical activity and childhood obesity |
Collaborator Contribution | Statistical knowledge on bias assessment in prospective observational studiesNutritional expertise |
Impact | 20604868 |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute - fellowship |
Organisation | Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contribution to 4-year early career post-doc fellowship application to Australian NHMRC. Candidate was successful and I will supervise the post-doc while he will join our team for 2 years, starting in 2018. |
Collaborator Contribution | 4-year early career post-doc fellowship application to Australian NHMRC. |
Impact | None yet. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne |
Organisation | Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data analysis, interpretation and drafting manuscripts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Study coordination, data collection, cleaning and processing, drafting manuscripts. |
Impact | 18000181; 19449106; 20139784; 22297804; 22435750; 26656405 |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Bi-polar patients (psychomotor activity) |
Organisation | Rigshospitalet |
Department | Department of Psychiatry |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment, Staff training on data collection & processing, academic software provision. |
Collaborator Contribution | Study co-ordination, Funding, data collection, processing, analysis. |
Impact | 22391514 25131795 |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Birmingham Healthy Eating & Active Lifestyle for Children (BEACHES / WAVES) |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Department | Department of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics (PHEB) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Training, Equipment, processing, Interpretation on measuring Physical Activity. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, Data collection, Study Co-ordination. |
Impact | 23150507 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Birth to Twenty Cohort |
Organisation | University of the Witwatersrand |
Department | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness assessment, interpretation, staff training |
Collaborator Contribution | Local funding, study coordination, data collection, analysis |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Brisbane children`s validation (QUT) |
Organisation | University of Queensland |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment, protocol development, training. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. |
Impact | None as yet. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | CHASE |
Organisation | St George's University of London |
Department | Division of Population Health Sciences and Education |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise on measuring physical activity and analysing objectively measured physical activity data |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection |
Impact | 20634441, 20454952, 19377098, 19144732 |
Description | Cameroon 1 and 2 |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment and training. Data cleaning, processing and analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection in Cameroon. Drafting publications. |
Impact | 21270205; 20529884; 19247268; 19017776 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Construction workers in Denmark |
Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment and training. Data cleaning, processing (interpretation and advice on analysis). Contributing to manuscripts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, drafting of manuscripts, analysis. |
Impact | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/253279 |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | DD2 |
Organisation | Danish Centre for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Co-developed InterWalk smartphone app with basic functionality using information from on-board accelerometer |
Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated development of smartphone app, designed user interface, designed training history interface, submitted to Apple AppStore approval |
Impact | xxx |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | DEDIPAC |
Organisation | DEDIPAC |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of intellectual input in the setup of a study, part of the DEDIPAC European project (https://www.dedipac.eu), which is harmonising accelerometer data in adults from 5 European studies. Provision of advice on processing and harmonising data and performing the analyses, and input on the manuscript for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collection, pooling, harmonisation, processing and analysis of the accelerometer data and basic socio-demographic variables. Drafting of the manuscript. |
Impact | Publication of manuscript with PMID: 27943147 |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Ethiopia Studies |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Department | Department of Human Nutrition, Exercise and Sports |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PA Assessment, Equipment, Training, Interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, local study co-ordination. |
Impact | 23244057 25134117 25160601 |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | European Youth Heart Study |
Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Analysed and interpreted phenotypic data. DNA extraction, genotyping. Manuscript preparation and dissemination |
Collaborator Contribution | Provided data from a large European cohort study |
Impact | 19741166 19735565 19448623 19197262 19183932 19056570 18762509 18248534 18208433 18070991 17641870 17194189 16860699 21050079 20921217 20724581 20134411 24048320 23579180 23525553 23274612 23336399 |
Description | Fit2Quit - changes in fitness in response to smoking cessation program |
Organisation | University of Auckland |
Department | National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) |
Country | New Zealand |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Advice on fitness protocols, analysis of heart rate response to step test, interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Execution of study. |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | GECKO Study - Groningen |
Organisation | University Medical Center Gronigen |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Equipment, processing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, data collection, study co-ordination. |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Get Moving |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Cambridge Institute of Public Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment and training. Data collection, cleaning and processing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Study coordination |
Impact | none yet |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Ghent University |
Organisation | University of Ghent |
Department | Department of Movement and Sports Sciences |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data collection, processing, interpretation, drafting manuscripts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, processing, interpretation, drafting manuscripts. |
Impact | 21864412; 22309066; 23879785; 24492633 |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | GoPA! - SBC |
Organisation | International Society For Physical Activity And Health |
Country | Global |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Leading on the addition of sedentary behaviour metrics to the GoPA! physical activity country cards. |
Collaborator Contribution | Accommodation of addition of sedentary behaviour metrics to the country cards, data input, and protocol reviewing. |
Impact | Not yet. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Greenland |
Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
Department | Institute of Public Health |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA assessment, analysis, interpretation |
Collaborator Contribution | PI of cohort |
Impact | 24176243; 23416716; 23190587 |
Description | Health ABC |
Organisation | University of Memphis |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment, protocol development, training, data cleaning and processing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, study coordination. |
Impact | none as yet. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Health ABC |
Organisation | University of Pittsburgh |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment, protocol development, training, data cleaning and processing. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, study coordination. |
Impact | none as yet. |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Health Survey for England (Fitness Survey 2008) |
Organisation | National Centre for Social Research |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Advice on fitness assessment, protocol design. |
Collaborator Contribution | Execution of study. |
Impact | Government report on 2008 wave data 2012 wave in progress |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Health Survey for England (Fitness Survey 2008) |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Advice on fitness assessment, protocol design. |
Collaborator Contribution | Execution of study. |
Impact | Government report on 2008 wave data 2012 wave in progress |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Health of the Nation Study (Barbados) |
Organisation | University of West Indies |
Country | Jamaica |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness assessment, staff training, some funding |
Collaborator Contribution | local funding, staff, study coordination, PI of cohort |
Impact | ongoing |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | ICAD |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Department | School of Health Bath |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Grant application, Protocol writing, data management, statistical support, analyzing data and preparing manuscripts |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributed to pool a large data set of objectively measured physical activity in children |
Impact | No outputs to date. This project will provide access to the largest data base in the world of objectively measured physical activity in children |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Impact of Paleolithic Diet on PA (KNOTA / WILMA) |
Organisation | Umea University |
Department | Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, Processing, Training, Equipment, Interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, local study co-ordination, data collection, analysis. |
Impact | 23414424 |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Kenya (PA and fitness) |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Department | School of Global Health |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness assessment, analysis, interpretation |
Collaborator Contribution | PI of cohort |
Impact | 19361878; 22836508 |
Description | Kuwait Wellbeing Study |
Organisation | Dasman Diabetes Institute |
Country | Kuwait |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness assessment, analysis, interpretation, staff training |
Collaborator Contribution | Local funding, study coordination, recruitment and training of staff |
Impact | 25103964 |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | LSHTM - Hyderabad Study |
Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Equipment, staff training, processing, interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, Staff, study co-ordination, data collection, analysis. |
Impact | In process... |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | NDNS |
Organisation | National Centre for Social Research |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Processing of Physical Activity Data. Interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, Data collection, study co-ordination. |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | NDNS |
Organisation | University College London |
Department | Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Processing of Physical Activity Data. Interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, Data collection, study co-ordination. |
Impact | In progress |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | Northern Finnish Birth Cohort |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Department | School of Public Health |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Analysed and interpreted data from the Northern Finnish Birth Cohort |
Collaborator Contribution | Provided data for analysis |
Impact | 19718258 19461546 17596773 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | PANACEA |
Organisation | Utrecht University |
Department | Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Generating hypotheses, data analyses and drafting shared publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributed data |
Impact | 21559044, 21346093, 19223851 |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | Pelotas |
Organisation | Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) |
Department | Department of Epidemiology |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provided expertise on measurement of physical activity |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data from 3 large birth cohorts in a country undergoing the epidemiological transition |
Impact | 20864750 19564666 18648121 22843113 25103964 25361583 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | ROOTs 1 and 2 |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Department of Psychiatry |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data cleaning, processing and analysis. Drafting papers for publication |
Collaborator Contribution | Collected and provided data |
Impact | 21727272, 20807464, 23384471 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) |
Organisation | Sedentary Behaviour Research Network |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Contribution to debate surrounding standardisation of the definitions related to sedentary behaviour research. A first manuscript has been published (see below) defining sedentary behaviour, which I co-authored. Currently a second manuscript is drafted to update definitions related to the sedentary behaviour research area, based on on-going scientific debate, which I am also co-authoring. |
Collaborator Contribution | Setup of terminology consensus project by the relevant SBRN steering committee. Seek involvement from SBRN members for project and draft first version of the manuscripts. |
Impact | This has resulted in publication of a consensus manuscript on defining the terminology "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours": Sedentary Behaviour Research Network. Standardized use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours". Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2012. 37: 540-542. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Severely Obese Individuals (Feasibility Study) - Galway |
Organisation | University Hospital Galway |
Department | Bariatric Medicine Service |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Equipment loan, Staff Training, Processing, Analysis, Interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, Study Design, Analysis. |
Impact | EDEG 2012 Conference - Poster presentation (GUH) |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Southampton Women's Survey |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | MRC Epidemiology Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provided monitors, training and guidance for objective measurements of physical activity. Data cleaning, processing and analysis |
Collaborator Contribution | Collected and provided data on objectively measured physical activity, bone mineral density and body composition |
Impact | 21562877; 23553158 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | TB/HIV patients in Tanzania |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Department | Department of Human Nutrition, Exercise and Sports |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | PA & Fitness assessment advice, staff training, provision of academic software, advice on interpretation, equipment. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study co-ordination, data collection, processing, analysis. |
Impact | 24007696 |
Start Year | 2008 |
Description | Tarahumara (metabolic health) |
Organisation | University of Chihuahua |
Country | Mexico |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness, assessment, analysis, interpretation, staff training |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study design, local study coordination, staff |
Impact | Pilot study on PA and fitness published (22308165) |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Tarahumara (metabolic health) |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Department | School of Global Health |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study design, PA and fitness, assessment, analysis, interpretation, staff training |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study design, local study coordination, staff |
Impact | Pilot study on PA and fitness published (22308165) |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | The University of Queensland |
Organisation | University of Queensland |
Department | School of Population Health |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | A) Physical activity, sedentary time and cardio-metabolic risk: data processing and interpretation, drafting manuscript B) IAMD project: - Systematic review of studies including objective PA assessment. - Joint organisation of international expert meeting and Delphi survey on development of International Activity Monitor Database (IAMD) - Writing of manuscript C) Invited commentary for Diabetologia - Writing manuscript |
Collaborator Contribution | A) Physical activity, sedentary time and cardio-metabolic risk: data processing and interpretation, editing manuscript B) IAMD project: Joint organisation of international expert meeting and Delphi survey on development of International Activity Monitor Database (IAMD) Intellectual input in manuscript C) Invited commentary for Diabetologia - Intellectual input in manuscript |
Impact | 20139784; 25785929 ; 26850177 |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | University of Granada |
Organisation | University of Granada |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborator on several European (HELENA, ALPHA, IDEFICS) and Spanish projects (EDUFIT, AVENA). Training and expertise in measurements. Drafting manuscripts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study coordination, data collection, drafting manuscripts. |
Impact | 23828843; 22648464; 22411362; 21596468; 21576723; 21470352; 21441238; 21165805; 20961915; 20861216; 20721983; 20665383; 20571717; 20449543; 20432194; 19966590; 19700434; 19696034; 19664736; 19597518; 19558383; 19364756; 18343294; 17027801 |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | University of Southern Carolina (ACLS Study) |
Organisation | University of South Carolina |
Department | Department of Exercise Science |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Analysis & Publication on dataset. |
Collaborator Contribution | Analysis and publication on dataset. |
Impact | PMID: 23036670 |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | University of Southern Denmark (SDU) |
Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise in objective monitoring of physical activity. Contribution to manuscripts. |
Collaborator Contribution | Data collection, processing. Drafting of manuscripts. |
Impact | 22971175; 23416716; 23757430; 25078492; |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | University of Wollongong |
Organisation | University of Wollongong |
Department | Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Hosting visiting worker, Equipment loan, Study design advice. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, Data collection, Analysis. |
Impact | 22989510; 24019006; 22989510 |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Vellore - PA intervention in young Indian men of low birth weight |
Organisation | Christian Medical College, Vellore |
Department | Department of Endocrinology |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data processing, interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study co-ordination, data cleaning. |
Impact | In process... |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Vellore - PA intervention in young Indian men of low birth weight |
Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
Department | School of Global Health |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Data processing, interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding, study co-ordination, data cleaning. |
Impact | In process... |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Vopamina (Activity monitor validation, Phoenix, AZ) |
Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Department | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Study design advice on fitness and PA assessment, staff training, data collection, processing, analysis, interpretation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Local study co-ordination, funding, data collection, analysis, interpretation. |
Impact | 21556140 |
Title | Bioband |
Description | Wrist-worn accelerometer (waveform) for assessment of daily human physical activity. Funded by UK Biobank and MRC. All materials available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bioband/ |
Type | Support Tool - For Fundamental Research |
Current Stage Of Development | Initial development |
Year Development Stage Completed | 2011 |
Development Status | On hold |
Impact | Feasibility of large-scale low-cost in-house activity monitor device manufacture |
URL | http://sourceforge.net/projects/bioband/ |
Title | InterWalk app |
Description | Co-developed smartphone app for interval walk training in Danish Diabetes patients (as part of DD2 project) |
Type | Management of Diseases and Conditions |
Current Stage Of Development | Initial development |
Year Development Stage Completed | 2013 |
Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
Impact | Larger scale evaluation just started |
Title | Processing scripts for PA Questionnaires |
Description | Syntax for processing data from several PA instruments available on our website |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Impact | Judging from number of requests, other researchers are implemented our methods in their studies |
Title | Processing scripts for combined heart rate and movement sensing data |
Description | Stata syntax for processing activity data collected with Actiheart monitor |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Promotes transparency of methods - aided publication of research papers which use the methodology, eg Brage et al, PLOS ONE 2015 |
URL | http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk |
Description | ACSM Sports Medicine Bulletin Active Voice article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Health professionals |
Results and Impact | KW was last author on article published online titled: "Active Voice: Television viewing time predicts usual walking speed - But is it the sitting that's important?". To be determined |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/acsm/active062315.htm |
Description | Behavioral and health aspects of physical activity - Gyeongsang |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Behavioral and health aspects of physical activity - Yonsei |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Graduate School of Public Health, Hanyang University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interactive stand at the Cambridge Science Festival. Typical attendance around 300 visitors, including children and adults. Introduce ways that physical activity is measured in epidemiological studies. Measure heart rate before and after physical activity to demonstrate that a little exercise can raise heart rate. Inquiries from school teachers and members of the public for further information. Excellent feedback from visitors and consistently good attendance at the stand. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
URL | http://www.cam.ac.uk/science-festival |
Description | Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Around 300 visitors to the unit's stand at the Cambridge Science Festival. Improved awareness of the unit's research. Follow up information requests from teachers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 |
Description | Children aren't active enough in winter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | "University of Cambridge Press Release ""Children aren't active enough in winter, say Cambridge researchers"" issued on paper ""Seasonal Variation in Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time"" // Follow-up article published in Horizon 2020 http://www.horizon2020publications.com/H10/#204/z Andrew Atkin interviewed by Dotty McLeod on on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Breakfast show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03j03cr#play, and by Cambridge TV. Report on ITV News online http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-02-24/children-arent-active-enough-in-winter-according-to-cambridge-university-research/. Covered by 5 specialist online medical news resources including MedicalXpress http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-children-winter.html." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.horizon2020publications.com/H10/#204/z |
Description | EPIC Participant Panel PA Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | 12 Participants attended the Panel Meeting which led to discussions. Comments on feedback documentation received. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Fenland Study Public Meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | The meetings are aimed at volunteers who have taken part in one of our large-scale population based study, i.e. the Fenland study. During these meetings we have presented the progress of the study including key scientific findings and our plans for future research. The meetings all ended with a question and answer session. They were attended by several hundred volunteers, who showed a great deal of interest and interaction. Documented feedback from participants as received during this sessions is taken into account in organising a follow-up phase of this study. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Fenland Study Public Meetings - Cambridge, Ely, Wisbech |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Public Meetings for Fenland Study participants in Cambridge, Ely, and Wisbech. The event consisted of a poster display & meet and greet session (30 minutes), followed by a presentation (20 minutes) and panel discussion with audience Q&A (40 minutes). The three meetings were well attended, with about 550 people in total, and there was a very high level of audience engagement, with many excellent questions and good feedback after the event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Guardian - exercise types and all-cause mortality |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Provided comment to Guardian on non-Unit paper "Associations of specific types of sports and exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular-disease mortality: a cohort study of 80 306 British adults" http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/31/bjsports-2016-096822. Quoted in article https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/29/health-racquet-tennis-is-ace-at-reducing-risk-of-death-study-suggests |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/29/health-racquet-tennis-is-ace-at-reducing-risk-of-dea... |
Description | Hills Fest (Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge, June 2015) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The Hills Fest is an event at the school where students can chose three different activities from a long list to learn something about potential careers or just topics/activities that are new to them. We gave three 1h workshop-sessions (groups between 17 - 22 participants), told the students about the Unit's work and did a Step Test (incl measuring heart rate before and after) and a creative task about the promotion of the GoActive study. To be determined |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | ISPAH 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Session chairing: "Patterns in physical activity and sedentary behavior in adults." 6th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health (ISPAH 2016) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | ISPAH 2016 - talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation titled: "Mortality benefits from substituting screen time by non-exercise and exercise activities: findings from 423,668 UK Biobank participants" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | ISPAH presentation on Physical activity - insulin resistance association |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Conference presentation followed by panel discussion on what aspects of physical activity should be advocated to the general public and therefore which aspects should be the subject of global surveillance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Introduction to the objective measurement of physical activity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | SB published manuscript via ResearchGate (DOI: [10.13140/RG.2.1.1829.3202]), titled: "Introduction to the objective measurement of physical activity". To be determined |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Invited presentation IASO/WCRF Hot topic conference 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation, titled: "Measurement challenges in physical activity" at WCRF International/IASO Conference "Obesity, Physical Activity and Cancer" on 17 April 2013, London, by UE Increased awareness of our group's work on physical activity measurement methodology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.wcrf.org/conferences/wcrf_international_iaso_joint_conference_2013/index.php |
Description | Invited workshop for Exeter University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop on physical activity measurement for Exeter University. Improved awareness of measurement issues in physical activity research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Keynote European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Keynote presentation on "Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Diabetes", during EDEG 2013 conference, 13 April 2013, Potsdam (Germany), by UE Increased awareness on units' research examining the aetiological role of physical and sedentary behaviour in the development of diabetes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://edeg.intelliopen.hu/Programme/27/ |
Description | Keynote International Symposium: Physical Activity and Health Promotion during the Life Course (ISPAH) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Keynote presentation on "Measurement of Physical Activity" at the "International Symposium: Physical Activity and Health Promotion during the Life Course", on 22 Jan 2013, in Jyvaskyla (Finland), by UE. Increased awareness of Unit's research in terms of physical activity measurement methodology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | https://www.jyu.fi/sport/laitokset/terveys/en/ispah2013 |
Description | Lectures: Activity in Children (Uni of Southern Denmark) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 3 hrs lectures Attendees: 60 European students attending master programme in "Physical activity in children" several requests for doing master projects with us |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | Media comment following BBC Horizon program |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Comment for a science writer on a BBC Horizon program on physical activity. Increased awareness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Media coverage for paper on physical activity in Kenyans. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media interest in a paper on physical activity levels in Kenyans. Increased awareness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Oral presentation Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Spring Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation titled: 'Physical activity, sedentary time and adiposity in young children' Oslo, 6th May 2014. Presenter: PC Networking opportunity and scoping of further collaborative work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Oral presentation at 2014 Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children, Toronto |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation of paper titled: 'Sedentary time and sleep duration as risk factors for adolescent obesity: objectively-measured prospective associations from the ROOTS study' Authors: PAUL JAMES COLLINGS, KATRIEN WIJNDAELE, KIRSTEN CORDER, KATE WESTGATE, CHARLOTTE L RIDGWAY, VALERIE DUNN, IAN M GOODYER, SOREN BRAGE, ULF EKELUND Toronto, 20th May 2014. Increased awareness of our unit/group's work on the aetiological role of sedentary behaviour and sleep for adolescent obesity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Oral presentation at EYHS symposium, Madeira, 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation by PC at the European Youth Heart Symposium, Madeira, 2012. Improved awareness of unit's research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Oral presentation at ICPAPH, Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | RG presentation increased awareness of Unit's research at ICPAPH |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Oral presentation at ICPAPH, Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | KW presentation increased awareness of Unit's work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Oxbridge Academic Program |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | We did a presentation (Physical activity and health, some methods and what the work our unit does) and then had an interactive lab session.The purpose of the program is to expose students to different aspects of sports medicine and exercise physiology in an interactive way. To be determined |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com/Programs/TheCambridgeTradition/TheProgram.aspx |
Description | Physical Activity Measurement Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Organised and hosted a week long seminar on the Measurement of Physical Activity in Epidemiological Settings. This involves lectures, practical sessions, workshops and guest speakers for around 30 participants worldwide. This has become a very well known and well respected seminar, to the extend there is a waiting list. Overall it has helped improve collaborations and raise awareness of methodological issues in physical activity measurement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2012 |
Description | Physical Activity Measurement Seminar 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | 28 international delegates attended workshop on all aspects of measuring physical activity in populations including giving feedback to study participants |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/pa-seminar/ |
Description | Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, mortality - Press resease |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Cambridge University and Lancet Press Releases "An hour of moderate exercise a day enough to counter health risks from prolonged sitting" and "One hour of physical activity per day could offset health risk of 8 hours of sitting" on Lancet special issue - Physical Activity - paper "Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women" PubMed: 27475271. Also discussed in commentary in Lancet special issue http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30370-1 and at launch event for special issue held in London on 27 July to capitalise on build up to Olympics. UE did more than a dozen media interviews , and NW also did two. UE interviewed by BBC Radio 4. NW interviewed by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. The paper was reported in over 450 national, international, local and Specialist news outlets (print and online). These included the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36895789, Telegraph (Front page) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/office-workers-must-exercise-for-an-hour-a-day-to-counter-death/ Daily Mail (front page) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3711066/A-desk-job-make-60-likely-die-earlier-Hour-s-exercise-day-needed-help-beat-deadly-effects-working-9-5.html, Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/27/health-risk-one-hour-activity-offset-eight-hours-sitting-desk, CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/27/health/one-hour-exercise-tackles-8-hours-sitting/ and New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099128-desk-job-death-risk-is-eliminated-by-an-hours-walk-or-cycle/. The article was much discussed online, achieving an altmetric score of 2384 by 05/08/2016 https://www.altmetric.com/details/10081542. Ulf was still receiving radon interview requests a week after the launch event (from BBC Radio Northamptonshire). The article was ranked 16 in the Altmetric top 100 articles in 2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30370-1 |
Description | Physiological Studies Meeting (Nov 2013), University of Cambridge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Katrien Wijndaele presented on "Cardiometabolic risks of prolonged sitting" during the quarterly Physiological Studies Meeting, organised by Prof. D Dunger`s department at the University of Cambridge, on the 26th November 2013. High increase in chances for collaboration on physiological trial work with physiologists from other departments in the University of Cambridge, given the engagement of the audience during this talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Placement visiting researchers Inacio Da Silva, Victor Segura, Anwar Mohammad |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Hosting visiting researchers during their placements in our group, in order to support them in processing their objectively measured physical activity data and interpreting and reporting their results for international peer-reviewed publications. Consolidation of collaborations with the relevant institutions, in addition to the collaborative publications in preparation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | Poster presentation - Building Bridges in Medical Sciences conference (Cambridge) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Poster presenting work on "Patterns and habits of physical activity in older men and women - the EPIC Norfolk cohort" at the Building Bridges in Medical Sciences conference, Robinson College, Cambridge, 7th March 2014. Authors: Berkemeyer K, Wijndaele K, Luben R, van Sluijs EMF, Griffin SJ, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Brage S. Increased awareness of our work on physical activity in elderly cohorts, more specifically the objective measurement of physical activity in this age group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Poster presentation - Building Bridges in Medical Sciences conference (Cambridge) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Poster presenting work on "Patterns and habits of physical activity in older men and women - the EPIC Norfolk cohort" at the Building Bridges in Medical Sciences conference, Robinson College, Cambridge, 7th March 2014. Authors: Berkemeyer K, Wijndaele K, Luben R, van Sluijs EMF, Griffin SJ, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Brage S. Increased awareness of our work on physical activity in elderly cohorts, more specifically the objective measurement of physical activity in this age group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Press release -Some is good, more is better - UCL Diabetologia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | UCL Press Release ""Some is good, more is better": Regular exercise can cut your diabetes risk" and Diabetologia Press Release "New studies reveal the importance of both the amount and timing of physical activity on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes" on paper "Physical activity and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies" by Andrea Smith et al PubMed:27747395. Blogged and tweeted by Unit, and Unit authors had input into UCL press release as Andrea was based at Unit when most of the analysis was undertaken. 42 news reports in print and online news media, including the Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/1996839/adults-could-slash-diabetes-risk-by-a-quarter-by-doing-just-20-minutes-a-day-of-exercise-say-scientists/, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Express and ABC News. Also reportd in 25 specialist health news outlets, including Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/313517.php and ScienceDaily. High level of interist on Twitter, with over 100 tweets reported by Altmetric in first 12 hours following publication https://www.altmetric.com/details/12678096, rising to 329 by 288 users by 26/10/2016. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Press release and media coverage on physical activity and metabolic risk in children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | International coverage (13 stories worldwide) following a paper published in JAMA. 2012;307(7):704-712. (PMID22337681). This paper was also shared on Twitter by a science writer, to approx 20,000 followers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Regular School Visits |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | We regularly visit schools in the local area during science classes to present our research Pupils signed up as volunteers for our research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009 |
Description | Reuters Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contributed to articles for Reuters Health related to ongoing research N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2009 |
Description | Stand at Cambridge Big Weekend/ Olympic Torch visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Approx 150 children and adults visited the unit's stand to find out more about physical activity. Excellent feedback from visitors and invitation to attend the event again in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | TV viewing a deadly own goal |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Broad media cover including UK and international newspapers, Regional radio and TV Contributed to raise the awareness of the hazardous impact of too much time spent sedentary |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 |
Description | Teaching Diabetes Module - MPhil in Epidemiology and Public Health - University of Cambridge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | SB provided a lecture titled "Physical Activity and Diabetes". An overview of the role of physical activity and sedentary behavior for the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of diabetes and related metabolic traits. MPhil students wishing to do their thesis in this topic |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/mphil-in-epidemiology/ |
Description | Teaching PA Module - MPhil in Epidemiology and Public Health - University of Cambridge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Our group organises and provides the lectures of the Physical Activity Module of this MPhil Course. This module provides the students with elementary knowledge on the measurement of physical activity and fitness in epidemiological studies, as well as the aetiological role of physical fitness and activity in determining a range of health outcomes. Students also collect, process and analyse their own physical activity and fitness data and present their findings during several practical sessions. This ensures their engagement in physical activity and fitness related research, which they can then apply in future careers in epidemiology or public health. Some students stay on as PhD students in our Unit. The theoretical and practical aspects of the Physical Activity ensures students` engagement in physical activity and fitness related research, which they can then apply in future careers in epidemiology or public health. Some students stay on as PhD students in our Unit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/graduate-studies/mphil-in-epidemiology/ |
Description | UK Biobank physical activity dataset |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press Release from UK Biobank 'UK Biobank announce availability of world's largest objective physical activity dataset ' for PLoS One paper 'Large Scale Population Assessment of Physical Activity Using Wrist Worn Accelerometers: The UK Biobank Study' PubMed:28146576. No media coverage, but the paper did receive a lot of interest on twitter from researchers working in the field of physical activity after the Unit tweeted links to the press release and original paper. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Workshop: Activity in children (Uni of Southern Denmark) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 3 hrs workshop on fitness testing, individual calibration, modeling of habitual activity data. Attendees: 60 European students attending master programme in "Physical activity in children" several requests to do final year master project with us |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | World Diabetes Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Stand at Addenbrooke's hospital for the public, patients and health professionals on diabetes, diabetes research and physical activity. Attended by appropriately 70 visitors. Excellent visitor feedback. Improved awareness across research and clinical teams. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Youngwon - Seoul National University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture "Behavioral and health aspects of physical activity" Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |