Sports, Exercise and Health (SURG G006)

View Prof Bruce Lynn's Oct 18th Lunch-time lecture on
Physical Fitness: Population Trends and Why They Matter
Streamed video file, click here
For Slides, click here

Links to information about Exercise and Health

These links are not in any special order. They are sites/articles that I have found useful/interesting.

 The 1990 National Fitness Survey of England (the ADNFS). Where is the follow-up?

Latest statistics on physical activity (Brit Heart Foundn) (Trend 1994-8)

 Exercise and Gene Expression. Topical review by Booth,FW et al. J. Physiol. (2002) 543 (2) 399-411. Evolutionary view, Palaeolithic physical activity levels required for normal gene expression.

National Physical Activity Task Force for Scotland. Where is the English one?

Powerpoint presentation to Scottish NPTF by Steven Blair

Andy Smith's talk at BASES 2001 (SPORT AND EXERCISE IN THE REAL MILLENIUM)

Researchers Against Inactivity-related Disorders. End SeDS - Sedentary Death Syndrome! US pressure group!

Exercise reduces risk of dementia, Article by Laurin et al, 2001

Paediatric Exercise Science Lab, John Moores Univ Liverpool

Schools information, from Edinburgh student project?

Eurofit exercise protocol - whatever happened to this inititative?

IPAQ. International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Will we finally get some validinternational comparisons?

Sustrans - we got to get more people on their bikes!

Walking the way to health initiative

Notes on measurement units

If you know some good sites not listed here, send them to me by e-mail (b.lynn@ucl.ac.uk)

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