Food insecurity amongst universal credit claimants: the benefits and nutrition study (BEANS), a cross-sectional online study by Michelle Thomas, Peter Rose, Lisa Coneyworth, John Harvey, James Goulding, Juliet Stone, Matt Padley, Patrick O'Reilly, Simon Welham

“…Equivalised income £300 week -1. Being unemployed (P=0.004), travelling >15 minutes to obtain food (P=0.016), shopping less than twice per week(P=0.001) and receiving …”
Get full text

Osteoblast-derived vesicle protein content is temporally regulated during osteogenesis: Implications for regenerative therapies by Owen Davies, Sophie C. Cox, Ioannis Azoidis, Adam J. McGuinness, Megan Cooke, Liam Heaney, Edward T. Davis, Simon W. Jones, L.M. Grover

“…Bimodal particle distributions were observed (weeks 1 and 3: 44 and 164 nm; week 2: 59 and 220 nm), indicating a heterogeneous population with dimensions characteristic of exosome- (44 and 59 nm) and microvesicle-like (164 and 220 nm) particles. …”
Get full text

Persuasive digital health technologies for lifestyle behaviour change by Maxine E. Whelan

Get full text

Exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired female collegiate athletes by Carolyn Plateau, Trent A. Petrie, Anthony Papathomas

“…Despite reporting activity levels consistent with recommendations (5 days/week, 1 hour per session), retired athletes remained dissatisfied with their activity levels and struggled to integrate exercise alongside occupational, academic and social demands. …”
Get full text

Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented personal-1 disclosure mutual-sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer by Andrew Evans, Robert Morris, Jamie Barker, Thomas Johnson, Zoe Brenan, Ben Warner

“…The COPDMS intervention comprised an initial sport psychology education session (week 1), a session introducing COPDMS (week 2), a COPDMS session (week 4), and a follow-up session (week 9). …”
Get full text

Effect of obesity-linked FTO rs9939609 variant on physical activity and dietary patterns in physically active men and women by Nathan R. West, James L. Dorling, Alice Thackray, Nicola C. Hanson, Samantha E. Decombel, David Stensel, Stuart J. Grice

“…The cohort was physically active (4516 (3043) total MET min·week-1), although homozygous risk allele carriers (AA) displayed higher TFEQ cognitive restraint compared with non-risk allele carriers (TT) (ES=0.33, P=0.03). …”
Get full text

Associations between alcohol and obesity in more than 100,000 adults in England and Scotland by Gary O'Donovan, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Mark Hamer

“…Compared with those who drank at least five times a week, obesity risk was 1.21 (95% confidence interval: 1.15, 1.27) in those who drank one to four times a week, 1.53 (1.43, 1.62) in those who drank one to two times a month, 1.61 (1.52, 1.71) in those who drank less than once every couple of months, 1.34 (1.23, 1.47) in those who were former drinkers, and 1.03 (0.95, 1.11) in those who were never drinkers. …”
Get full text

Effects of acute postexercise chocolate milk consumption during intensive judo training on the recovery of salivary hormones, salivary SIgA, mood state, muscle soreness, and judo-r... by Elena Papacosta, George P. Nassis, Michael Gleeson

“…The athletes consumed 1000 mL ofW(week 1) or CM (week 2) immediately post-training. …”
Get full text

Assessment of peak oxygen uptake during handcycling: test-retest reliability and comparison of a ramp-incremented and perceptually-regulated exercise test by Michael Hutchinson, Thomas A.W. Paulson, Roger G. Eston, Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey

“…Participants completed two RAMP protocols (20 W·min-1) in week 1, followed by two PRETmax in week 2, or vice versa. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of the baby-friendly community initiative in promoting exclusive breastfeeding among HIV negative and positive mothers: a randomized controlled trial in Koibatek Sub-... by Betty Mogesi Samburu, Sera Lewise Young, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Milkah Njeri Wanjohi, Judith Kimiywe, Peter Muriuki, Paula Griffiths, Stephen T. McGarvey, Nyovani Janet Madise, Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage

“…Primary outcome measures were the rates of EBF at week 1, months 2, 4 and 6 postpartum. Secondary outcomes included knowledge and attitudes regarding breastfeeding for HIV-exposed infants. …”
Get full text

Novel sedentary behaviour measurement methods: application for self-monitoring in adults by James P. Sanders

“…Differences in behaviour were determined between baseline, week 1 and week 5. Participant engagement with the LumoBack was determined using Mobile app analytics software. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of an 8-Week vegan diet on plasma Trimethylamine-N-Oxide and postchallenge glucose in Adults with dysglycemia or obesity by Stavroula Argyridou, Melanie J Davies, Greg Biddle, Dennis Bernieh, Toru Suzuki, Nathan P Dawkins, Alex V Rowlands, Kamlesh Khunti, Alice C Smith, Thomas Yates

“…The primary outcomes (plasma TMAO and glucose) were assessed at baseline, during the vegan diet (weeks 1 and 8), and after the unrestricted diet period (week 12). …”
Get full text

Presence and duration of reactivity to pedometers in adults by Stacy Clemes, Nuala K. Deans

“…Mean daily step counts recorded during the covert condition and during weeks 1 and 2 of the diary condition were compared using a repeated-measures ANOVA. …”
Get full text

It's time to start changing the game: A 12-week workplace team sport intervention study by Andrew J. Brinkley, Hilary McDermott, Rachel Grenfell-Essam, Fehmidah Munir

“…The team sport sessions were underpinned by psychological behaviour change theory and consisted of weekly 1-h team sport sessions for 12 weeks. Measures of aerobic fitness, physical activity behaviour, group cohesion, interaction and communication, psychological wellbeing, health, anthropometrics and workplace experiences were recorded pre- and post-intervention. …”
Get full text

Fetal and postnatal patterns of growth in a bi-ethnic sample of children by Thomas Norris

“…Fitted values were produced at 20, 30, 40 prenatal weeks & 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 postnatal months in both an internal reference and the sample population. …”
Get full text

The use of wearable technology and machine learning to prevent musculoskeletal injury in military training by Elliott Fullerton

“…No significant differences were observed between sleep variables, but sedentary periods calculated from accelerometer data and time spent in HR zones 1,2,5 and 6 were significantly different between weeks 1 and 2 of training. In conclusion, this study determined that an accelerometer worn on the lower leg, a chest worn heart rate monitor and an under-mattress sleep sensor are all feasible and acceptable tools to measure lower limb loading and recovery (sleep) in a military environment. …”
Get full text