Retired Researcher, Director of Testing at FitMedia . Dedicated to making our children active, fit, healthy and happy.
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21 Sep 2023
Spectacular 'bad science' in BMC Endocrine Disorders. 10 variables 3 models 4 comparisons=120 p-values but authors focused on 2 values<0.05.
All respect to reviewer 1 for pointing out errors bmcendocrdisord.biomedcentra… but shame on R2 & the greedy journal. Unhelpful rubbish!
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5 May 2022
How many people are truly physically acitve: 66% or 6%? See what difference a definition makes in research from #universsityofessex on more than 250000 English adults in #PLOSONE: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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25 Nov 2020
‘Homeapathy’ noun. A negative or depressive emotional state or torpor; typically as a result of prolonged periods spent work or study performed at one’s usual place of residence
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23 Aug 2020
Sensible, logical & brave guidance. We cannot sacrifice children's education 'just in case' they get ill. The 20 deaths registered in under 19s are all tragic but three times that many children drown each year; life is risky: manage.
23 Aug 2020
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18 Jul 2020
I’m more concerned for the 12% who take a poll to vote ‘don’t know’ than I am about the results! Who are you?
17 Jul 2020
This is correct.
19 May 2020
I actually read 50 confusing pages of Borisisms x.com/i/events/1259836364494… -learnt that Tennis and Angling are 'OK' now Question is then why lock them down to begin? what else could we be doing - risk of infection listed
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2 Oct 2019
REJECTION LETTER from Peer reviewed Journal confirms authors’ beliefs; ‘Papers should not be a non-finding & should not show that a program studied does not work’ honestly?
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13 Jul 2019
“GROWING OBESITY CRISIS” Factcheck! BMI falls in summer holidays already- but...Schools could really help maintain activity levels and improve health that way
13 Jul 2019
Schools should be kept open all summer, running sports clubs, in a bid to tackle Britain's growing obesity crisis: telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07… Maybe @educationgovuk needs to make it mandatory for a % of #PEPremium grant to be allotted for the staging of such provision=all costs met
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18 May 2019
Good to hear but you’d Get the same answer for books, security or more computers. Good start and great idea
17 May 2019
Majority of the general public have said they would like more physical activity made available in schools telegraph.co.uk/sport/2019/0…
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10 Mar 2019
Sedentary time improves academic attainment...interesting one for the policy makers!
New research! #physicalactivity and sedentary time are directly associated with academic performance in a longitudinal study. bit.ly/2NH3R3D @pfeif51 @JPAHjournal
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7 Mar 2019
Two myths busted in one paper; Poor muscle strength & high aerobic fitness so commonly reported in W.African youth can both be explained by simple differences in body size (& a little bit of clever maths) journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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16 Feb 2019
To be on a par with maths and English Schools would have to deliver PA/PE every day; prioritise in teacher training & standardised assessment at each key stage. That’s my personal utopia, .but we’re pretty far from it.
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Gavin Sandercock retweeted
14 Feb 2019
Using the #Ofsted inspection proposals to review your #PhysicalEducation #SchoolSport and #PhysicalActivity offer!
• What’s the intention❓
• How will you implement❓
• What is the impact❓
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9 Dec 2018
You’d think the minister for sport would get the PA guidelines right wouldn’t you?
9 Dec 2018
One in three children 'not active enough', finds sport survey bbc.com/news/health-46456104
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9 Dec 2018
You forgot declines in aerobic fitness and strength of our nations youth - give the blues their dues!
The Conservative Olympic legacy:
🏊♀ 105 swimming pools drained
🏃♂ 12 athletics tracks closed
⛹♀ 361 sports halls shut
⚽ 817 grass pitches sold off
We have had some increases though: childhood obesity is UP, as is the number of kids not doing regular exercise.
9 Dec 2018
Can we finally close this line of enquires thanks to this rigorous & excellent work? Spoiler 2-overweight not a ‘risk factor’ in most kids anyway.
Thanks to @Ulf_Ekelund for sharing this paper. What if all children achieved WHO recommendations on physical activity? What’s the impact of PA on childhood overweight in the UK. (Spoiler alert - PA is not the obesity solution. Sorry 😐) academic.oup.com/ije/advance…
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9 Dec 2018
The forgotten guideline gets a mention? Only appeared in 6 of the 600 communications at ISPAH 2018 though 😮
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29 Nov 2018
Fitness included alongside ‘accepted’ risk factors in a proper medical journal? Made my morning!!!
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