@activity4kidz

Professor of Paediatric Exercise Science, sport obsessive and passionate about helping people move more, particularly children. he/him. my opinions

 Beautiful Gower Peninsula area
Joined January 2014
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This was a key impact output from our engaging MRC-NHMRC funded BEACHES project. The illustration captures the "Appreciative Inquiry" "process" whereby we engaged children and adults in developing the perfect policy for a built environment that fosters healthy weight in children
Helen Hughes@Hells_Bells7918 Oct 2024
It was an absolute pleasure collaborating on this one and bringing it to life! Great example of co-design and co-production with the involvement of young people, adults across professions and the fusion of skillsets. Thank you @activity4kidz for the opportunity to be play a part.
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You heard 👇
PWP2025@PWP202520 Apr 2023
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We've got @GarethBale11 ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿And @gareththomas14 🏉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿But we've also got Gareth Stratton @activity4kidz and he wants YOU to register 💻 Click here to register now for #PWP2023 and get an early bird discount! pwp2023.com/register
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PWP2025@PWP202520 Apr 2023
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We've got @GarethBale11 ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿And @gareththomas14 🏉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿But we've also got Gareth Stratton @activity4kidz and he wants YOU to register 💻 Click here to register now for #PWP2023 and get an early bird discount! pwp2023.com/register
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The 'ghost' Swansea shopping centre that's now a thriving, exciting success after two locals took it over bit.ly/42liGyu
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Lovely representation of our Kenyalinx active schools research infrastructure project by Prof Caroline Knowles urbanmorphmedia.com/jumping-…
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Lovely representation of our Kenyalinx active schools research infrastructure project by Prof Caroline Knowles urbanmorphmedia.com/ jumping-for-health-in-Nairobi-af6dd630e84e
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Fully Funded #PhD Opportunity @SUSportsScience @SwanseaUni on meniscus injuries - exploring biomechanical, neuromuscular and muscle-tendon changes. Supervised by myself, @neilbezodis & @Dr_Heff56 Start date 1st Oct 2023 More details here: swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s…
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Remember this paper on children's physical activity at home during the first Covid-19 lockdown?shorturl.at/grNQS This was a longitudinal study as part of #HomeSPACE & the subsequent paper will be available shortly. Watch this space to read about the changes over time 👀
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Gareth Stratton@activity4kidz6 Jan 2023
This is amazing news that one of our greatest amazing athletes is supporting our paediatric academic community in wales!! Diolch yn fawr Iawn Tanni
PWP2025@PWP20256 Jan 2023
It's the news you've been waiting for! We are delighted to announce that one of Britain's greatest ever Paralympic athletes, Baroness @Tanni_GT will be delivering a pre-dinner talk at #PWP2023: “The Role of Policy in Realising an Active and Healthy Nation” pwp2023.com/tanni-grey-thomp…
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This is amazing news that one of our greatest amazing athletes is supporting our paediatric academic community in wales!! Diolch yn fawr Iawn Tanni
PWP2025@PWP20256 Jan 2023
It's the news you've been waiting for! We are delighted to announce that one of Britain's greatest ever Paralympic athletes, Baroness @Tanni_GT will be delivering a pre-dinner talk at #PWP2023: “The Role of Policy in Realising an Active and Healthy Nation” pwp2023.com/tanni-grey-thomp…
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Gareth Stratton@activity4kidz4 Jan 2023
Our first paper from the Kenyalinx project comparing 24h movement behaviours in rural and urban boys and girls.. Fascinating to capture data in Nairobi and kitui counties from highly affluent and very deprived areas where children "run" to school! Https://doi.org/10.1371/jour…

Prevalence and correlates of compliance with 24-h movement guidelines among children from urban and...

Background Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya has experienced rapid urbanization in recent years. Despite the distinct socioeconomic and environmental differences, few studies have...

journals.plos.org
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Our first paper from the Kenyalinx project comparing 24h movement behaviours in rural and urban boys and girls.. Fascinating to capture data in Nairobi and kitui counties from highly affluent and very deprived areas where children "run" to school! Https://doi.org/10.1371/jour…

Prevalence and correlates of compliance with 24-h movement guidelines among children from urban and...

Background Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya has experienced rapid urbanization in recent years. Despite the distinct socioeconomic and environmental differences, few studies have...

journals.plos.org
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Mike Duncan@MikeDunky15 Dec 2022
For everything motor learning & development @JMLDjournal is well worth a follow, quality journal for research that advances understanding of movement skill acquisition ac the lifespan @ESAN_Network @basesuk @IMDRC_MotorDev @Newman_Sport @cusportscoachi1 @wlv_scp @DerbyUniSportEx
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Great to be at the Sport West Wales develop.ent meeting. Awesome effort by Tim, John, Steff and Amy for completing and sharing insight from the school sport survey and the 116000 responses from 7-16 y old.
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Jo Hudson professorial lecture Swansea. What a contribution to our discipline in so many ways.. ⁦@SwanseaUni⁩
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Great to meet Prof Fran Ortega and Prof Jon Luiz in Granada yesterday. Amazing progress with the FitBack, Granada Consensus on PA measurement and analytics and the ActiveBrains projects and much else
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Gareth Stratton@activity4kidz2 Sep 2022
Great to see ASTEM research make impact at ECSS Sevillle ⁦@SUSportsScience⁩ ⁦@Sport_Swansea⁩ ⁦@SwanseaUni⁩
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Great to see ASTEM research make impact at ECSS Sevillle ⁦@SUSportsScience⁩ ⁦@Sport_Swansea⁩ ⁦@SwanseaUni⁩
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Great to see AHK-WALES 2021 report card results aired on BBC Wales TV and radio. Thanks to Amie Richards AHK (English) lead researcher and Dylan Blain (Welsh) for going on screen and radio on behalf of the network @BBCRadioWales @BBCNews @ywasgS4Cpress @activehealthyk1
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