physical activity guidelines
Monitoring how active you are
You’ll have noticed from my recent blogs that the sedentary state of the nation is a current theme in my thinking and writing. But even those of us who are active in a sporting/fitness sense shouldn’t rest on our laurels – recent evidence suggests that regular exercise doesn’t mean you can get away with spending [...]
Don’t die of indolence
The Olympic legacy was meant to be a fitter, more active Britain, but research published last week in The Lancet shows that two out of three of us in the UK are not meeting the weekly physical activity guidelines – in fact, we are among the least active nations in the developed world. Constant extolling [...]
Good and bad at games
I can still vividly recall the joyless occasion that was PE at school… four a side on the tennis courts, freezing on the hockey pitch with zero feedback or encouragement…being passed over in team selection – so I’m not surprised to read that researchers from the University of Alberta have found that negative early experiences [...]
Pie in the sky advice
Today, the Department of Health and Ramblers’ Association teamed up to encourage us all to have an active festive break. Now I’m all for that (check out my article, Get Fit, Not Fat, This Christmas on the Articles page) but what I object to is their assertion that ‘even a 1-mile walk makes a difference.’ Frankly, [...]
Advice that’s a fat lot of good…
I am still aghast at the recent suggestion by the Scientific Advisory Committee that we, as a nation, may need to increase our calorie intake by 16 per cent because current recommended intakes for men and women ‘may be too low.’ Really? Can they explain why almost two-thirds of the British population are overweight or [...]